IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Siskiwit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MI131039
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MI131039
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0446
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13291
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 46.9874611
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9935303
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 53N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Pedon is located 0.6 mile south of Misery Bay and 0.4 mile west of Misery River.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JSE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, 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 #: 39
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Siskiwit
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/2000
  • 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: outwash terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/2000 (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

    albic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    0—18

    18—56

    56—79

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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

    1

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    195

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    E—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior, pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 15.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02573; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02574; moist when described; observed in pit, small. The Bhs horizon has about 5% ortstein.
    Bs—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior gravelly loamy fine sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 fine to coarse roots; 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02575; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior very gravelly sand; weak thick platy structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 5 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 40 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02576; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 204328; patchy - phpvsfiid 204328
    BandE—79 to 119 centimeters (31.1 to 46.9 inches); 85 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, 15 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, dry; sand, very fine sand; weak thick platy structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02577; moist when described; observed in pit, small. E material in the B&E horizon is in pockets. Many color bands - 5YR4/6.
    C1—119 to 180 centimeters (46.9 to 70.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior very gravelly sand; weak thick platy structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on horizontal faces of peds; 45 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02578; moist when described; observed in pit, small. The C1 horizon has a few color bands - 5YR4/6 with gravel in the bands.
    C2—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments, pH meter. Lab sample # 01N02579; moist when described; observed in pit, small. The C2 horizon has few color bands - 5YR4/6.