IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Paquin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: E03MI131010
  • User Pedon ID: S2003MI131010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: E03MI131010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0463
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16637
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 46.9320679
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1971817
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 164B—PAQUIN SAND, 1 TO 4 PERCENT SLOPES
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 92—Superior Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI612—Ontonagon County Area, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46089-H2—Tenmile Point, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Wikgren, Bill Anzalone
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid, ortstein, shallow Typic Durorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Paquin
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, isotic, frigid, ortstein, shallow Typic Durorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/2003
  • 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: shore complex
  • Landform: beach ridge
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10040-38
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    ACRU

    ACRU

    ARNU2

    BEAL2

    CLBO3

    COPTI

    DRSP4

    GAPR2

    HULU2

    LOCA7

    LYOB

    MACA4

    MIRE

    PTAQ

    TRBO2

    TSCA

    Abies balsamea

    Acer rubrum

    Acer rubrum

    Aralia nudicaulis

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Clintonia borealis

    Coptis

    Dryopteris spinulosa

    Gaultheria procumbens

    Huperzia lucidula

    Lonicera canadensis

    Lycopodium obscurum

    Maianthemum canadense

    Mitchella repens

    Pteridium aquilinum

    Trientalis borealis

    Tsuga canadensis

    balsam fir

    red maple

    red maple

    wild sarsaparilla

    yellow birch

    bluebead

    goldthread

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    eastern teaberry

    shining clubmoss

    American fly honeysuckle

    rare clubmoss

    Canada mayflower

    partridgeberry

    western brackenfern

    starflower

    eastern hemlock

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ortstein

    ortstein

    strongly coherent

    moderately coherent

    56 - 66

    66 - 86

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    ortstein

    18—41

    18—41

    41—86

    56—86

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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

    4

    75

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    310

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    Oe—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) moderately decomposed plant material; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine to medium roots and 5.0 coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N02799; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; sand; single grain; loose; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 6.0 medium roots and 2.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02800; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—41 to 46 centimeters (16.1 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 6.0 medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 04N02801; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 04N02802; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhsm—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) sand; massive; strongly coherent; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 90 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented ortstein fragments fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N02803; observed in pit, small
    Bsm—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sand; massive; very rigid; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 95 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented ortstein fragments fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N02804; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; low excavation difficulty; 0.2 very fine to coarse roots; 1 percent medium faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N02805; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—102 to 203 centimeters (40.2 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; low excavation difficulty; 0.1 very fine to coarse roots; 1 percent coarse faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 04N02806; moist when described; observed in pit, small