IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TAWAS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: U04MI103001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004MI103001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: U04MI103001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1130
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16505
  • 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: 46.2591629
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3019485
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 45N
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI103—Marquette
  • MLRA: 93B—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI103—Marquette County, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CAREY,SCHWENNER
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, euic, frigid Terric Haplosaprists
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - TAWAS
  • Classificaton Date - 1/10/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - TAWAS
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: wooded swamp outwash plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/2004 (entry creation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 108W
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • 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

    ABBA

    CAREX

    COCA13

    GAHI2

    LALA

    LEGR

    MINU3

    ONSE

    OSRE

    RUFL

    SPHAG2

    THOC2

    THPH

    TRBO2

    Abies balsamea

    Carex

    Cornus canadensis

    Gaultheria hispidula

    Larix laricina

    Ledum groenlandicum

    Mitella nuda

    Onoclea sensibilis

    Osmunda regalis

    Rubus flagellaris

    Sphagnum

    Thuja occidentalis

    Thelypteris phegopteris

    Trientalis borealis

    balsam fir

    sedge

    bunchberry dogwood

    creeping snowberry

    tamarack

    bog Labrador tea

    naked miterwort

    sensitive fern

    royal fern

    northern dewberry

    sphagnum

    arborvitae

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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

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    130

    337.5

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    Oa1—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed and black (10YR 2/1) crushed muck; weak very fine granular structure; slightly sticky; moderately rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 very coarse roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 20 percent by volume 3-80-510 millimeter wood fragments; none odor; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06543; wet when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa2—16 to 48 centimeters (6.3 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face and black (10YR 2/1) crushed and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed muck; weak coarse blocky structure; slightly sticky; moderately rapid permeability; 15 percent by volume 3-80-510 millimeter wood fragments; none odor; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06544; wet when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa3—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) broken face and very dark gray (5YR 3/1) crushed and very dark gray (5YR 3/1) rubbed muck; weak thick platy structure; nonsticky; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; none odor; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06545; wet when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa4—58 to 88 centimeters (22.8 to 34.6 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) broken face and dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) crushed and dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) rubbed muck; massive; nonsticky; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; sulfurous odor; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06546; wet when described; observed in pit, small
    C—88 to 200 centimeters (34.6 to 78.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior sand; single grain; nonsticky; rapid permeability; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 04N06547; observed in pit, small