IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Siskiwit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006MI131005
  • User Pedon ID: S2006MI131005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006MI131005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0528
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17843
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 46.6037216
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5744476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 93B—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46089-E5—Bergland, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Wikgren
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Siskiwit
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 10 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/2/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ACPA

    ACRU

    ARNU2

    ASMA2

    BEPA

    CAREX

    CLBO3

    COCA13

    COPTI

    GAPR2

    LOCA7

    LYAN2

    LYOB

    MACA4

    MIRE

    PIGL

    POTR5

    PRSE2

    PTAQ

    QURU

    SACA11

    TRBO2

    VACCI

    Abies balsamea

    Actaea pachypoda

    Acer rubrum

    Aralia nudicaulis

    Aster macrophyllus

    Betula papyrifera

    Carex

    Clintonia borealis

    Cornus canadensis

    Coptis

    Gaultheria procumbens

    Lonicera canadensis

    Lycopodium annotinum

    Lycopodium obscurum

    Maianthemum canadense

    Mitchella repens

    Picea glauca

    Populus tremuloides

    Prunus serotina

    Pteridium aquilinum

    Quercus rubra

    Sambucus callicarpa

    Trientalis borealis

    Vaccinium

    balsam fir

    white baneberry

    red maple

    wild sarsaparilla

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    paper birch

    sedge

    bluebead

    bunchberry dogwood

    goldthread

    eastern teaberry

    American fly honeysuckle

    stiff clubmoss

    rare clubmoss

    Canada mayflower

    partridgeberry

    white spruce

    quaking aspen

    black cherry

    western brackenfern

    northern red oak

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    starflower

    blueberry

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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

    glossic horizon

    redox concentrations

    5—20

    20—71

    71—140

    71—140

    71—140

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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

    5

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    200

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    Oa—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) highly decomposed plant material; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 very coarse roots and 5.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 5.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02081; moist when described;
    E—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2), pink (5YR 7/3), dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 very coarse roots and 5.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 5.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02082; moist when described;
    Bhs—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots and 5.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 06N02083; moist when described;. 75 percent moderately cemented ortstein
    Bs1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 06N02084; moist when described;. 35 percent weakly to moderately cemented ortstein with tongues extending to 30 inches
    Bs2—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; weak thin platy structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02085; moist when described;
    E/B—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 06N02091
    E/B—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 06N02087
    E/B—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 very fine vesicular and 1.0 fine vesicular pores; 15 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02086; moist when described;
    B/E—86 to 140 centimeters (33.9 to 55.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 06N02092
    B/E—86 to 140 centimeters (33.9 to 55.1 inches); 65 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3) and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam, sand, loamy sand; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 5 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 15 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N02088; moist when described;
    B/E—86 to 140 centimeters (33.9 to 55.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 06N02089
    C—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) stratified stratified gravelly sand to sand to loamy sand; single grain; loose; 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter. Lab sample # 06N02090; moist when described;