IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dawson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001mi131019
  • User Pedon ID: S2001MI131019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2001mi131019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0717
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15233
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 46.7972183
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9350662
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WCA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, dysic, frigid Terric Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dawson
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, dysic, frigid Terric Haplosaprists
  • PSC - 86 to 116 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sapric organic material over sapric sandy outwash
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: depression
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other 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

    ACRU

    BEAL2

    CAREX

    LEGR

    PIMA

    PIST

    POCO

    SAPU4

    SPHAG2

    TRIEN

    VAOX

    Acer rubrum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Carex

    Ledum groenlandicum

    Picea mariana

    Pinus strobus

    Poa compressa

    Sarracenia purpurea

    Sphagnum

    Trientalis

    Vaccinium oxycoccos

    red maple

    yellow birch

    sedge

    bog Labrador tea

    black spruce

    eastern white pine

    Canada bluegrass

    purple pitcherplant

    sphagnum

    starflower

    small cranberry

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

    histic epipedon

    fibric soil materials

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—86

    0—10

    10—23

    23—86

    86—91

    91—127

    127—157

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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

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    Oi—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed slightly decomposed plant material; massive; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots and very coarse roots; 15 percent by volume wood fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. sphagnum moss
    Oe—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face and black (7.5YR 2.5/1) rubbed and very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) crushed highly decomposed plant material; massive; friable; 5.0 very fine to coarse roots and very coarse roots; fragments; ultra acid, pH 2.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03531; moist when described; observed in pit, small. herbaceous and woody material
    Oa—23 to 86 centimeters (9.1 to 33.9 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face and black (7.5YR 2.5/1) rubbed and very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) crushed highly decomposed plant material; massive; friable; 1.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; ultra acid, pH 2.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03532; moist when described; observed in pit, small. herbaceous and woody material
    2E—86 to 91 centimeters (33.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior, dry; loamy fine sand; massive; friable; fragments; ultra acid, pH 2.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03533; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2Bhs—91 to 99 centimeters (35.8 to 39.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) interior loamy fine sand; massive; friable; fragments; ultra acid, pH 2.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03534; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2Bs—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; ultra acid, pH 2.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03534; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2C—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior fine sand; massive; loose; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 02N03535; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket