IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loggerhead
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MI131042
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MI131042
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000MI131042
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0425
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14275
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 46.9091530
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1656265
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 52N
  • Range: 38W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Pedon is along an old railroad grade near Camp 3 about 0.4 miles west of the Firesteel River and about 2 1/4 miles southeast of the mouth of the Flintsteel River at Lake Superior.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WA, RFT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 42
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loggerhead
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 33 to 108 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/2000
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy basal till
  • 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: 10/12/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10040-30
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    BEAL2

    CAREX

    COPTI

    DRCA11

    FRPE

    HULU2

    LOCA7

    POTR5

    TSCA

    VIOLA

    Abies balsamea

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Carex

    Coptis

    Dryopteris carthusiana

    Fraxinus pennsylvanica

    Huperzia lucidula

    Lonicera canadensis

    Populus tremuloides

    Tsuga canadensis

    Viola

    balsam fir

    red maple

    sugar maple

    yellow birch

    sedge

    goldthread

    spinulose woodfern

    green ash

    shining clubmoss

    American fly honeysuckle

    quaking aspen

    eastern hemlock

    violet

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    8—15

    20—58

    58—79

    58—180

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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

    5

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    232

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    10

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    Oe—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) interior moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 15.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) interior, pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior, dry; loamy very fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02443; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BE—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 01N02444; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2.5/2) interior loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02445; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Few, small ortstein fragments (less that 5%) that are weakly cemented.
    Bs1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior loamy fine sand; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine to medium roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02446; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Few, small ortstein fragments (less that 5%) that are weakly cemented. The Bs1 horizon is firm in places.
    Bs2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine to medium roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N02447; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Few, small ortstein fragments (less that 5%) that are weakly cemented. 3 inch thick lens of vfs (5YR 5/4) in Bs2 horizon.
    2B/E—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); 85 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior and 15 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, 15 percent pink (5YR 7/3) interior, dry; loam, loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 30 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron at top of horizon; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02448; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204379; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204379
    2Bt1—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 20 percent prominent light brown (7.5YR 6/3), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02449; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 204384; patchy - phpvsfiid 204385; continuous - phpvsfiid 204386; patchy - phpvsfiid 204384; patchy - phpvsfiid 204385; continuous - phpvsfiid 204386
    2Bt2—99 to 180 centimeters (39.0 to 70.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 5 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/3), moist, sand coats on surfaces along root channels and 80 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N02450; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 204382; patchy - phpvsfiid 204383; continuous - phpvsfiid 204382; patchy - phpvsfiid 204383
    2BC—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 40 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter. Lab sample # 01N02451; moist when described; observed in pit, small. 2BC horizon looks like a 2B/E' horizon.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204380; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204381; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204380; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 204381