IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lachine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996MI007001
  • User Pedon ID: S1996MI007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0444
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10126
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 45.1696833
  • Std. Longitude: -83.5107222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet north and 750 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI007—Alpena
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI007—Alpena County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45083-B5—Long Lake West, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Williams, B. Frazer.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Lithic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lachine
  • PSC - 25 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lachine
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, frigid Lithic Haploboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: karstland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Bedrock: moderate weathered limestone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/11/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 13
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—23

    23—33

    40—0

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    15

    45.1

    236

    —

    160

    721

    —

    124

    6.2

    18.2

    -6.2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    200164

    Alpena County Regional AP

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02627
    Bw—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine high-continuity vesicular pores; 21 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02628. Common fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions.
    C—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine high-continuity vesicular pores; 21 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02629. Many fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions.
    R—41 to 50 centimeters (16.1 to 19.7 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Not sampled. Fractured limestone, fractures range from 1"" to 4"" wide, spaced 8 to 15 inches apart.