IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brethren
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996MI101001
  • User Pedon ID: S1996MI101001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0136
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68611
  • 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: 44.4503111
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9462750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 1740 feet south and 1790 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 3 miles southwest of the village of Copemish.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI101—Manistee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI101—Manistee County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44085-D8—Copemish, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RWN, LKB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brethren
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brethren
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/18/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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—8

    4—8

    8—20

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    180

    894

    —

    160

    7.5

    18.7

    -4.1

    7.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    202984

    Frankfort 2NE

    COOP
    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); black (N 2/0), dark gray (N 4/0), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots and 0.5 very coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00908
    E—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), gray (7.5YR 6/1), dry; sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 97P00909
    Bhs—8 to 10 centimeters (3.1 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 97P00910
    Bs—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00911. columns of very weakly cemented, dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) ortstein about 3 inches wide extending through the Bw into the BC; ortstein columns are about 35 inches apart; ortstein occupies about 8 percent of the horizon.
    Bw—20 to 27 centimeters (7.9 to 10.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00912. columns of very weakly cemented, dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) ortstein about 5 inches wide extend through this horizon from the Bs into the BC; ortstein columns are about 35 inches apart; ortstein occupies about 20 percent of the horizon.
    BC—27 to 43 centimeters (10.6 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00913. columns of very weakly cemented, dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) ortstein about 5 inches wide extend from the Bs and Bw horizons; ortstein columns are about 35 inches apart; ortstein occupies about 20 percent of the horizon.
    C—43 to 80 centimeters (16.9 to 31.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 3 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 97P00914. few lenses of coarse sand and gravel