IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Watton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002MI131009
  • User Pedon ID: S2002MI131009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002MI131009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0271
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15894
  • 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: 46.7013855
  • Std. Longitude: -89.2045212
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 39W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 1.2 miles east of Victoria location, 2.5 miles south west of Rockland
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 92—Superior Lake Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI612—Ontonagon County Area, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill C. Anzalone and J Scott Eversoll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Haplic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Watton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Haplic Glossudalfs
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10042-47
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    60

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    285

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    190

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; strong medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots and 10.0 very coarse roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-25-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01373; observed in pit, small
    E/B—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine to coarse roots and 5.0 very coarse roots; 20 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-25-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01374; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 241304; patchy - phpvsfiid 241304
    B/E—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots and 3.0 very coarse roots; 25 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-25-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01375; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 241305; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 241305
    BCd1—58 to 107 centimeters (22.8 to 42.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine to medium roots; 15 percent distinct reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent coarse distinct irregular pinkish white (5YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-25-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01376; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 241307; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 241306; patchy - phpvsfiid 241307; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 241306
    BCd2—107 to 173 centimeters (42.1 to 68.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 7 percent distinct light greenish gray (5G 7/1), moist, and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), moist, carbonate coats on top faces of peds and 70 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-25-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01377; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 241308; patchy - phpvsfiid 241309; continuous - phpvsfiid 241308; patchy - phpvsfiid 241309
    BCd3—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very thick platy structure; extremely firm; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 1 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 2 percent prominent light greenish gray (5G 7/1), moist, and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), moist, carbonate coats on top faces of peds and 5 percent distinct pink (5YR 7/3), moist, sand coats on bottom faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-25-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 03N01378; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 241310; patchy - phpvsfiid 241311; patchy - phpvsfiid 241312; patchy - phpvsfiid 241310; patchy - phpvsfiid 241311; patchy - phpvsfiid 241312