IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morganlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: E04MI131003
  • User Pedon ID: S2004MI131003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: E04MI131003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0180
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16694
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 46.8916626
  • Std. Longitude: -89.0942383
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 141F—PORKIES GRAVELLY SILT LOAM, 35 TO 70 PERCENT SLOPES, STONY
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 92—Superior Lake Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI612—Ontonagon County Area, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46089-H1—Four Corners, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill Anzalone
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, mixed, active, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morganlake
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy over loamy, mixed, active, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash over loamy till
  • Landform: till plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/2004 (entry creation date)
  • 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

    ACSA3

    ARNU2

    BEAL2

    CAREX

    COCO6

    DRSP4

    FRPE

    MACA4

    OSCL2

    POPU4

    TRBO2

    VIOLA

    Acer saccharum

    Aralia nudicaulis

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Carex

    Corylus cornuta

    Dryopteris spinulosa

    Fraxinus pennsylvanica

    Maianthemum canadense

    Osmunda claytoniana

    Polygonatum pubescens

    Trientalis borealis

    Viola

    sugar maple

    wild sarsaparilla

    yellow birch

    sedge

    beaked hazelnut

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    green ash

    Canada mayflower

    interrupted fern

    hairy Solomon's seal

    starflower

    violet

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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

    5—23

    23—89

    89—127

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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

    6

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    270

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    80

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; moderately decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01009; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    E—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2), 60 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) and 40 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01010; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bhs—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); 80 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and 20 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine sand; weak very thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01011; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bs—41 to 89 centimeters (16.1 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sand; weak very thick platy structure; very friable; 5 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01012; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2B/E—89 to 101 centimeters (35.0 to 39.8 inches); 85 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) and 15 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3), 15 percent weak red (2.5YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; 10 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat 10-35-60 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01013; observed in pit, large or quarry. patchy - phpvsfiid 273021; patchy - phpvsfiid 273021
    2Bt—101 to 127 centimeters (39.8 to 50.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent prominent greenish gray (5GY 6/1), moist, silt coats on surfaces along pores and 5 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat 10-35-60 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01013; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 273016; continuous - phpvsfiid 273018; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 273017; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 273016; continuous - phpvsfiid 273018; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 273017
    2C—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 2 percent prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, silt coats on surfaces along root channels and 20 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat 10-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 05N01014; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 273019; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 273020; continuous - phpvsfiid 273019; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 273020