IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mongo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: E04MI131024
  • User Pedon ID: S2004MI131024
  • Vegetation Plot ID: E04MI131024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0194
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16689
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 46.6942177
  • Std. Longitude: -89.0701294
  • 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-F1—McKeever, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve tardy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, frigid Haplic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mongo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, semiactive, frigid Haplic Glossudalfs
  • PSC - 20 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/2004 (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

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—28

    28—51

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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

    16

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    105

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01097; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 5.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/E—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); 90 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and 10 percent dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), 10 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; silty clay; firm; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01098; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); 99 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 1 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01099; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 272990; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 272990
    Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; 1 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 1 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01100; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 272991; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 272992; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 272991; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 272992
    BC—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate very thick angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01101; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate very coarse angular blocky parts to weak thick platy structure; firm; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01102; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—94 to 203 centimeters (37.0 to 79.9 inches); silty clay; moderate very coarse angular blocky parts to weak thick platy structure; firm; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 05N01103; moist when described; observed in pit, small