IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whittemore
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MI069001
  • User Pedon ID: S1993MI069001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MI069001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0180
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66368
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • 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: 44.2621750
  • Std. Longitude: -83.6600528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet east and 550 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: About 10 miles west of Tawas City, Grant township.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI069—Iosco
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI069—Iosco County, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whittemore
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy over clayey, mixed, ortstein Typic Epiaquods
  • Classificaton Date - 11/11/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/11/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and 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

    PIPA2

    TSCA

    Pinus palustris

    Tsuga canadensis

    longleaf pine

    eastern hemlock

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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

    3

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    785

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    137

    7.2

    18.9

    -5.1

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    202423

    East Tawas

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01104
    E—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2), white (10YR 8/1) and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01105
    Bhsm—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) sand; strong medium and coarse platy structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01106
    Bs—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01107
    E'—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01108
    Bt—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01109
    2Bt—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) silty clay; strong coarse angular blocky parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01110. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179357; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179357
    2C—112 to 203 centimeters (44.1 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate coats; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01111