IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Toivola
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: U03MI131004
  • User Pedon ID: S2003MI131004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: U03MI131004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0457
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16644
  • 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: 46.9376335
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9757233
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Near Misery Bay
  • Map Unit: 56B—KEWEENAW - TOIVOLA COMPLEX, 1 TO 8 PERCENT SLOPES
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI612—Ontonagon County Area, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46088-H8—Winona North, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Eversoll, Steve Tardy, Bill Anzalone
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Lamellic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Toivola
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Lamellic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: till plain
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10035-212
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

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

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    argillic horizon

    lamellae

    3—8

    8—51

    51—203

    107—203

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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

    3

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    270

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) slightly decomposed plant material; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots and 6.0 very coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02759; observed in pit, small
    E—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; fine sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine to medium roots and 3.0 very coarse roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N02760; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine to medium roots and 3.0 very coarse roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 15 percent by volume moderately coherent cemented ortstein fragments fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N02761; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02762; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; low excavation difficulty; 0.9 very fine to medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02763; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    EandB—51 to 107 centimeters (20.1 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; friable; low excavation difficulty; 0.9 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02764; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    EandBt—107 to 203 centimeters (42.1 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; friable; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 04N02765; moist when described; observed in pit, small