Michigamme soils are on ground moraines which has a thin mantle of silty or loamy material over glacial till, underlain by bedrock. Slopes range from 1 to 70 percent. These are the well drained and moderately well drained, deep, coarse-loamy Champion , Gogebic , Iron River, Munising , and Wakefield soils on ground moraines. The deep, well drained Amasa and Stambaugh soils are on adjacent outwash areas. Well drained or moderately well drained.
Surface runoff is slow to rapid.
Permeability is moderate. A few areas are cleared and used for hay and pasture. Most areas of Michigamme soil are in second growth timber and support stands of sugar maple and red maple, yellow birch, eastern hemlock, paper birch, and aspen. The series is of moderate extent. St. Paul, Minnesota.