IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onaway
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MI041003
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MI041003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966MI041003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1893
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36051
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 45.6141624
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3141708
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI041—Delta
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI601—Delta County and Hiawatha National Forest of Alger and Schoolcraft Counties, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45087-E3—Seagull Point, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Johnson and L. Berndt
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Onaway
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Eutroboralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1966
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: drumlin
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1966 (actual site observation 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FAGUS

    Fagus

    beech

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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

    2

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    737

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    5.6

    17.8

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    O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1); moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15077. roots are fibrous
    A2—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), gray (5YR 6/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15078. roots are fibrous
    B21ir—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15079
    B22ir—18 to 26 centimeters (7.1 to 10.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15080
    A/B—26 to 36 centimeters (10.2 to 14.2 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak coarse subangular blocky; very hard; brittle; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15081
    A/B—36 to 36 centimeters (14.2 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay loam; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15081. horizon was originally A'2x and B'21tx
    B'22t—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15082
    C1—56 to 105 centimeters (22.0 to 41.3 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate thick platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15083