IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Neconish
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001mi131013
  • User Pedon ID: S2001MI131013
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2001mi131013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0714
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15237
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 46.7988853
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9372864
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 51N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: se 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 2.2 miles north of highway 38 and .2 miles west of Houghton County line
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WCA RFT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Neconish
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: till plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/27/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 35-206
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    ARNU2

    BEAL2

    CLBO3

    COMA7

    DRCA11

    PRUNU

    PTERI

    RUBUS

    TRIEN

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Aralia nudicaulis

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Clintonia borealis

    Convallaria majalis

    Dryopteris carthusiana

    Prunus

    Pteridium

    Rubus

    Trientalis

    red maple

    sugar maple

    wild sarsaparilla

    yellow birch

    bluebead

    European lily of the valley

    spinulose woodfern

    plum

    brackenfern

    blackberry

    starflower

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    cambic horizon

    8—23

    8—23

    23—43

    43—94

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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

    0

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    360

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    Oe—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots and very coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior fine sand; single grain; loose; 5.0 very fine to coarse roots and very coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5, pH meter; clear irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish black (2.5YR 2.5/1) interior fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine to coarse roots and very coarse roots; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.3, pH meter; clear irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. 30 percent strongly cemented ortstein
    Bs—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very coarse roots and 5.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. tongues of strongly cemented ortstein
    BC—43 to 94 centimeters (16.9 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-15-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. tongues of moderately cemented ortstein; lens of very firm, brittle very fine sand
    C1—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior stratified stratified fine sand to sand to very fine sand; massive; very friable; 5 percent very coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-15-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior stratified stratified fine sand to sand to very fine sand; massive; very friable; 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 75-100-130 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 02N03518; moist when described; observed in pit, small