IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moquah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002MI131010
  • User Pedon ID: S2002MI131010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002MI131010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0272
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15895
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.8219414
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9689560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Winona South Quadrangle
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI612—Ontonagon County Area, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J Scott Eversoll and Bill C. Anzalone
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, frigid Typic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moquah
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, frigid Typic Udifluvents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/3/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods begining in apr
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/3/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10035-208
  • 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

    4

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    300

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01379; observed in pit, small
    C2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01380; observed in pit, small
    C3—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01381; observed in pit, small
    C4—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01382; observed in pit, small
    C5—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak thin platy structure; friable; 9.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 25 percent fine and medium distinct noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01383; observed in pit, small
    C6—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent fine and medium prominent noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01384; observed in pit, small
    C7—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); stratified stratified fine sand to very fine sandy loam to loamy very fine sand; weak thin platy structure; friable; 2 percent fine and medium prominent noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01385; observed in pit, small
    C8—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); stratified stratified sand to loamy sand to fine sand; weak thin platy structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01386; observed in pit, small