IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reade
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996MI103008
  • User Pedon ID: S1996MI103008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 46.1297226
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3097229
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 43N
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: Marquette County, Michigan; about 4 miles southwest of McFarland; 85 feet north and 1,013 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI103—Marquette
  • MLRA: 94B—Michigan Eastern Upper Peninsula Sandy Glacial Deposits
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RHI—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI103—Marquette County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46087-B3—Helena, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aqualfic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Reade
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Reade
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: sandstone, unspecified at 71cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    argillic horizon

    10—18

    18—30

    38—51

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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

    4

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    —

    320

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    812

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    4

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    Oa—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (N 2.5/), muck; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 6.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    E—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), light gray (7.5YR 7/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 6.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear wavy boundary.
    Bhs—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 6.0 coarse roots; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear broken boundary.
    Bs1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bs2—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 very fine roots throughout and 0.9 fine roots; 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 3 percent fine faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear broken boundary.
    B/E—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/3), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; loamy fine sand, fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 very fine roots throughout and 0.9 fine roots; 6 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 3 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 9 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual wavy boundary.
    BC—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 very fine roots throughout and 0.9 fine roots; 3 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 12 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2R—71 centimeters (28.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) bedrock; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; 21 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron around rock fragments and 21 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron around rock fragments; fragments.