IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Siskiwit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MI131037
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MI131037
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0423
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14273
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 46.9872322
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9725189
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 53N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Pedon is located 5/8 mile south of Misery Bay Road, 1/2 mile east of Misery River, 7/8 mile southeast of Misery Bay, and 1 1/2 mile west of the Houghton County line.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JSE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 37
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Siskiwit
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/2000
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10035-212
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    5—20

    20—79

    79—130

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    4

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    210

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 15.0 very fine to coarse roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02426; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) interior, dry; loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02427; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02428; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine and medium roots; 15 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02429; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 fine and medium roots; 4 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02430; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204390; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204390
    Bt1—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sand; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 fine and medium roots; 1 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02431; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204392; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204392
    Bt2—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sand; weak thick platy structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02432; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204391; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204391
    E&B1—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sand; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots top of horizon; fragments, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02433; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&B2—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loamy fine sand; moderate thick platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments, pH meter. Lab sample # 01N02434; moist when described; observed in pit, small