IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Algonquin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: E04MI131017
  • User Pedon ID: S2004MI131017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: E04MI131017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0188
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16699
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 46.7198944
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1545792
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Along Hwy 45 just north of Military Hill
  • 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-F2—Rockland, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Tardy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, frigid Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Algonquin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, semiactive, frigid Aquic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/2004 (entry creation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    30—69

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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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    220

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular, and strong medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01063; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    B/E—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), 60 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/3) and 40 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; silt loam, silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 0.9 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist,; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01064; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; strong coarse subangular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky parts to strong coarse platy, and moderate very coarse platy structure; firm; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 0.9 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 95 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist,; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01065; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 273044; continuous - phpvsfiid 273044
    Bt2—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); 90 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 10 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky parts to strong thin platy, and strong medium platy structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots; 1 percent prominent pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), moist, clay films and 90 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01066; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 273046; continuous - phpvsfiid 273045; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 273046; continuous - phpvsfiid 273045
    BC—69 to 124 centimeters (27.2 to 48.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; massive, and moderate medium platy; extremely firm; 5 percent prominent pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 60 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01067; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 273047; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 273048; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 273047; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 273048
    C—124 to 203 centimeters (48.8 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; massive, and moderate thick platy; friable; 3 percent prominent pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 05N01068; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 273049; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 273049