IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dighton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997MI079002
  • User Pedon ID: S1997MI079002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997MI079002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0095
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10367
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.5403028
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2519972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet east and 150 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Springfield Township.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI079—Kalkaska
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI079—Kalkaska County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44085-E3—Fife Lake, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, active, frigid Haplic 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 - Dighton
  • PSC - 38 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Deibert
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: moraine
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FAGR

    FRAM2

    Fagus grandifolia

    Fraxinus americana

    American beech

    white ash

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—10

    10—20

    20—65

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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

    13

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    782

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    112

    6

    18.2

    -6.8

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    204502

    Lake City Exp Farm

    COOP
    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00589
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 98P00590
    B/E—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 98P00591. Occupies about 70 percent of the horizon completely surrounded by or penetrated by tongues of the (E) material.
    B/E—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 98P00591
    Bt—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 30 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00592
    C—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00593
    2E/Bt—94 to 173 centimeters (37.0 to 68.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 98P00594
    2E/Bt—94 to 173 centimeters (37.0 to 68.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00594. Bt material is lamellae and bands of loamy sandy.
    3C—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; single grain; loose; 24 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00595. Gravel consists of 16 percent fine gravel, 5 percent medium gravel and 3 percent coarse gravel.