IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Springlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MI097002
  • User Pedon ID: 90MI097002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0130
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63177
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 46.1813850
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2174301
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 44N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 3000 feet N and 200 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Mackinac County, Michigan.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI097—Mackinac
  • MLRA: 94B—Michigan Eastern Upper Peninsula Sandy Glacial Deposits
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Whitney, C. Outwater, and S. Rodock.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Springlake
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Springlake
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    0—15

    15—20

    20—56

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    1

    76

    4

    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. undecomposed organic matter
    A—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine to coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. many fine to coarse roots
    E—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 fine to coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P00714. many fine to coarse roots
    Bhs—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00715. common fine and medium roots
    Bs—36 to 59 centimeters (14.2 to 23.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00716. about 5 percent gravel; common fine roots
    BC—59 to 67 centimeters (23.2 to 26.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. about 15 percent gravel
    C1—67 to 155 centimeters (26.4 to 61.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand, coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. about 10 percent gravel
    C2—155 to 206 centimeters (61.0 to 81.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. about 15 percent gravel