IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alcona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002MI131011
  • User Pedon ID: S2002MI131011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002MI131011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0273
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15896
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 46.7816658
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9422913
  • Datum: WGS84
  • 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: J Scott Eversoll and Bill C. Anzalone
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Alfic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alcona
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Alfic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/3/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: till plain
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/3/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10035-206
  • 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
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    O—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) partially decomposed organic matter; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E1—8 to 41 centimeters (3.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) loamy very fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01387; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) loamy very fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 03N01388; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—53 to 58 centimeters (20.9 to 22.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) loamy very fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume moderately cemented cemented ortstein fragments fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 03N01389; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) loamy very fine sand, fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 30 percent by volume moderately cemented cemented ortstein fragments fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01390; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E/B—81 to 124 centimeters (31.9 to 48.8 inches); 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) stratified stratified very fine sand to very fine sandy loam to very fine sandy loam; weak very thick platy structure; friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01391; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—124 to 203 centimeters (48.8 to 79.9 inches); 60 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 40 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) stratified stratified very fine sand to loamy very fine sand to very fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; 0.9 very fine roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 03N01392; moist when described;