IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Horsehead
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MI119002
  • User Pedon ID: S1993MI119002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MI119002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0553
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66729
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 44.9668111
  • Std. Longitude: -84.2231444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1,550 feet South and 2,300 feet West of the Northeast corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI119—Montmorency
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI119—Montmorency County, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JGMIII
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Horsehead
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed Psammentic Eutroboralfs
  • PSC - 46 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/23/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/23/1993 (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

    PIBA2

    POTR5

    Pinus banksiana

    Populus tremuloides

    jack pine

    quaking aspen

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    cambic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    5—18

    18—46

    46—94

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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

    16

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    288

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    0

    790

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    77

    4.9

    17.2

    -8.1

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    208417

    Vanderbilt 11ENE

    COOP
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 19 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P03887. 001
    E—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bw—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 48 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P03888. 002
    Bt—46 to 94 centimeters (18.1 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 1 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 43 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P03889. 003
    C—94 to 203 centimeters (37.0 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) very gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 medium roots; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 42 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P03890. 004