IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ausable
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MI039001
  • User Pedon ID: 91MI039001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991MI039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0312
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64551
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 44.7121861
  • Std. Longitude: -84.6609389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet E and 500 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI039—Crawford
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jow
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ausable
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Histic Humaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for very long periods
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 35
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ALRU3

    CAREX

    SALIX

    Alnus rugosa

    Carex

    Salix

    —

    sedge

    willow

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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

    histic epipedon

    0—25

    —-
    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

    —

    —

    354

    —

    225

    847

    —

    99

    5.6

    18

    -7.4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    203391

    Grayling

    COOP
    Oa—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (N 2/0) muck; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01907; moist when described;. has 20% fibers, 5% rubbed, all organics listed are primarily herbaceous fibers; many fine roots throughout
    C—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) sand, muck; 11 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium faint mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01908; moist when described;. muck occurs as thin stratified layers (1/4-2") thick, totaling 4" in thickness. Bands are 40% fiber unrubbed, 5% rubbed; few fine and medium roots throughout; common medium faint 10YR42 mottles
    Cg1—51 to 94 centimeters (20.1 to 37.0 inches); 12 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 88 percent gray (5Y 5/1) gravelly sand, muck; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P01909; moist when described;. muck occurs as thin stratified layer (1/16-3/4") thick, totaling 2", Bands are 50% fiber unrubbed, 5% rubbed
    Cg2—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 12 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 92P01910; moist when described;