IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Islandlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MI079035
  • User Pedon ID: S1992MI079035
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992MI079035
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0805
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66148
  • User Project ID: 22636
  • Project Name: Kalkaska County, Michigan - Published
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.7315389
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8663500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27 North
  • Range: 5 West
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1250 feet north and 800 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Bear Lake Township
  • Map Unit: 338B—Islandlake sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI079—Kalkaska
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI079—Kalkaska County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44084-F7—Lake Margrethe, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Thomas J. Bauer, Joseph K. Calus
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Lamellic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 35
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Islandlake (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/21/2017
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Islandlake (flagged as OSD)
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1992
  • Classifier - Thomas J. Bauer
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - fifth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: end moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Thomas J. Bauer
  • Air Photo ID: Inset 17
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    sugar maple

    northern red oak

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    —

    —

    —

    80

    —

    —

    —

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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

    lamellae

    0—13

    5—13

    13—48

    132—203

    —13—

    —8—

    —35—

    —71—
    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

    —

    —

    399

    —

    847

    —

    99

    5.6

    18

    -7.4

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    —

    —

    —

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    203391

    Grayling

    COOP
    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) moderately decomposed plant material; many (10.0) fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    A—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many (10.0) fine and medium roots and common (3.0) coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05579; moist when described;
    E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) fine and medium roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; 3 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P05580; moist when described;
    Bhs—13 to 15 centimeters (5.1 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common (3.0) fine and medium roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 93P05581; moist when described;
    Bs1—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common (3.0) fine and medium roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05582; moist when described;
    Bs2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few (0.5) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P05583; moist when described;
    E'—69 to 132 centimeters (27.2 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 93P05584; moist when described;
    E and Bt—132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 93P05585; moist when described;