IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Neconish
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001mi131008
  • User Pedon ID: S2001MI131008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2001mi131008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0710
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15229
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 46.7963867
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9367294
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 51N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: se 1/4 of the se1/4
  • Location Description: 2.75 miles north of highway 38 along Houghton County Line
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WCA RFT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid 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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Neconish
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 35-206
  • 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

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    ARNU2

    BEAL2

    CAREX

    CLBO3

    COCO6

    CONVA

    DRCA11

    LOCA7

    PRVI

    PTERI

    TRIEN

    TSUGA

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Aralia nudicaulis

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Carex

    Clintonia borealis

    Corylus cornuta

    Convallaria

    Dryopteris carthusiana

    Lonicera canadensis

    Prunus virginiana

    Pteridium

    Trientalis

    Tsuga

    red maple

    sugar maple

    wild sarsaparilla

    yellow birch

    sedge

    bluebead

    beaked hazelnut

    convallaria

    spinulose woodfern

    American fly honeysuckle

    chokecherry

    brackenfern

    starflower

    hemlock

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

    ochric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    cambic horizon

    3—15

    15—33

    33—76

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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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    360

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) moderately decomposed plant material; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots and very coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) interior, pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) exterior, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 5.0 very fine to coarse roots and very coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 2-14-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 02N03492; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) interior fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very coarse roots and 2.0 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 2-14-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 02N03493; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very coarse roots and 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 2-14-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 02N03494; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—33 to 76 centimeters (13.0 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 2-14-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03495; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—76 to 142 centimeters (29.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) stratified stratified fine sand to very fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.1 fine roots; 2 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-14-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03496; moist when described; observed in pit, small. many horizontal bands 1/8 to 1/4 inches thick, 7.5yr 4/4 and 2.5/1, some with texures of loamy sand
    C2—142 to 203 centimeters (55.9 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) stratified stratified fine sand to coarse sand to sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-14-25 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 02N03497; moist when described; observed in pit, small