IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benzonia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996MI019002
  • User Pedon ID: S1996MI019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0134
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68609
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 44.5589722
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9617306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet north and 925 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 3 miles north of the village of Thompsonville.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI019—Benzie
  • MLRA: 96—Northwestern Michigan Fruit Belt
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI019—Benzie County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44085-E8—Thompsonville, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RWN, LKB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Lamellic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Benzonia
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Benzonia
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Lamellic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/20/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree 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

    spodic horizon

    0—11

    5—11

    11—27

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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

    2

    —

    —

    258

    —

    270

    894

    —

    160

    7.5

    18.7

    -4.1

    7.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    202984

    Frankfort 2NE

    COOP
    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); 50 percent black (5YR 2/1) and 50 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), dark gray (N 4/0), dry; sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00894. The A horizon has hue of 10YR to 5YR, value of 2 and chroma of 1 or 2. Reaction is very strongly or strongly acid.
    E—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00895. The E horizon has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 2. Reaction is very strongly or strongly acid.
    Bhs1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 97P00896. The Bhs horizons have hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 2 or 3. Reaction is strongly acid.
    Bhs2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 97P00897. Total thickness of the Bhs horizon is 5 to 9 inches. The Bhs horizons have hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 2 or 3. Reaction is strongly acid.
    Bs1—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00898. The Bs horizons have hue of 7.5YR or 5YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 4 to 6. Some pedons have a Bw horizon. It has hue of 10YR, value of 5 and chroma of 6. Reaction of the Bs and Bw horizons are moderately or strongly acid.
    Bs2—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; massive; very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00899. Total thickness of the Bs horizons is 5 to 19 inches. The Bs horizons have hue of 7.5YR or 5YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 4 to 6. Some pedons have a Bw horizon. It has hue of 10YR, value of 5 and chroma of 6. Reaction of the Bs and Bw horizons are moderately or strongly acid.
    E/Bt—89 to 284 centimeters (35.0 to 111.8 inches); 95 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand, loamy sand; single grain, and massive; loose, friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 97P00900. Consisting of several wavy and discontinuous lamellae 1/8 to 1/4 inches thick (total thickness = 2 inches); common discontinuous faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay bridges between sand grains. The E portion of the E/Bt horizon has a hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 4. It is sand. Some pedons have an E' horizon above the E/Bt horizon. It has the same color and texture as the E portion of the E/Bt horizon. Reaction of the E and E/Bt horizons are moderately acid. The Bt portion of the E/Bt horizon has hue of 7.5YR, and value and chroma of 4. It is loamy sand.