IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kawkawlin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995MI143002
  • User Pedon ID: S1995MI143002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0185
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68263
  • 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: 44.4430542
  • Std. Longitude: -84.6388855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet North and 1540 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI143—Roscommon
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI143—Roscommon County, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Tardy, Larry Brummund
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, frigid Aquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kawkawlin
  • PSC - 9 to 27 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kawkawlin
  • Taxonomic Class - Aquic Eutroboralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 12
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—3

    3—5

    9—27

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    —

    —

    351

    —

    45

    722

    —

    127

    6.4

    18.6

    -6.5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    203936

    Houghton Lake Roscommon County AP

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches);, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; strong fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 21.0 medium roots between peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01447
    E—8 to 11 centimeters (3.1 to 4.3 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 21.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 21.0 medium roots between peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    BE—11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium mottles; strong fine angular blocky parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 21.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 21.0 medium roots between peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Occupies about 90% of the horizon penetrated by tongues of pale brown (10YR 6/3)
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; loam; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) prominent mottles; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 21.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 21.0 medium roots between peds and 21.0 roots; faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01448. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182635; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182635
    Bt2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and greenish gray (5GY 6/1) fine and medium prominent mottles; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 21.0 very fine and fine roots between peds and 3.0 medium roots between peds; prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01449. patchy - phpvsfiid 194777; patchy - phpvsfiid 194777
    BC—69 to 99 centimeters (27.2 to 39.0 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 21.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    C—99 to 200 centimeters (39.0 to 78.7 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), dry; clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and gray (5Y 6/1) fine and medium mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 21.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P01450. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194778; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194778