IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lupton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: U04MI131006
  • User Pedon ID: S2004MI131006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: U04MI131006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1132
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16507
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 46.5517006
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7270355
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hwy 28 1.1 miles east of the Gogebic County line.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 93B—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill Anzalone
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, frigid Typic Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lupton
  • Taxonomic Class - Euic, frigid Typic Haplosaprists
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: organic material
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: bog
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods begining in mar
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10039-195
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • 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

    2MOSS

    ABBA

    ACRU

    BEPA

    CAREX

    COCA13

    FRNI

    FRPE

    LALA

    OSCI

    OSRE

    RUHIS3

    THOC2

    TRBO2

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    Abies balsamea

    Acer rubrum

    Betula papyrifera

    Carex

    Cornus canadensis

    Fraxinus nigra

    Fraxinus pennsylvanica

    Larix laricina

    Osmunda cinnamomea

    Osmunda regalis

    Rubus hispidus var. suberectus

    Thuja occidentalis

    Trientalis borealis

    Moss

    balsam fir

    red maple

    paper birch

    sedge

    bunchberry dogwood

    black ash

    green ash

    tamarack

    cinnamon fern

    royal fern

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    arborvitae

    starflower

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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

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    Oa—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) broken face and black (5YR 2.5/1) rubbed and black (5YR 2.5/1) crushed highly decomposed plant material; weak coarse granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots and 6.0 very coarse roots; 5 percent by volume wood fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06552; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Oe1—25 to 58 centimeters (9.8 to 22.8 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) broken face and black (5YR 2.5/1) rubbed and black (5YR 2.5/1) crushed moderately decomposed plant material; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine to medium roots; 5 percent by volume wood fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Oe2—58 to 94 centimeters (22.8 to 37.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face and black (5YR 2.5/1) rubbed and black (5YR 2.5/1) crushed moderately decomposed plant material; massive; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Oe3—94 to 178 centimeters (37.0 to 70.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) broken face and black (7.5YR 2.5/1) rubbed and black (7.5YR 2.5/1) crushed moderately decomposed plant material; massive; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry