IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Froberg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001mi131009
  • User Pedon ID: S2001MI131009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2001mi131009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0711
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15227
  • 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: 46.5613861
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1550751
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 39W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 2.25 miles ne of Bruce Crossing
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 92—Superior Lake Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WCA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Glossic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Froberg
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Glossic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey till over loamy till over silty and clayey till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 40-18
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    POTRT

    Populus tremula ssp. tremuloides

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

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—10

    10—33

    10—147

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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

    15

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    330

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/2) exterior, dry; silt loam; moderate coarse granular structure; friable; 8.0 very fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03498; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/E—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); 55 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and 45 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) exterior, dry; clay, silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; 40 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03499; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 205515; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 205516; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 205515; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 205516
    Bt—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine to coarse roots; 80 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03500; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 205514; continuous - phpvsfiid 205514
    2B/E—61 to 127 centimeters (24.0 to 50.0 inches); 80 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and 20 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/3) exterior, dry; fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine to coarse roots; 10 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist,; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03501; moist when described; observed in pit, small. massive and firm in places; patchy - phpvsfiid 205513; patchy - phpvsfiid 205513
    3Bt—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine to medium roots; 60 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist,; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03502; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 205512; continuous - phpvsfiid 205512
    3BC1—147 to 216 centimeters (57.9 to 85.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine to medium roots; 80 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium irregular light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), moist, carbonate masses throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03503; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 205511; continuous - phpvsfiid 205511
    3BC2—216 to 230 centimeters (85.0 to 90.6 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 5 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 02N03504; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 205510; patchy - phpvsfiid 205510