IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Okeefe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997MI095022
  • User Pedon ID: S1997MI095022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • 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: 46.6044426
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4741669
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 49N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: Luce County, Michigan; 1,450 feet west and 1200 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI095—Luce
  • MLRA: 94B—Michigan Eastern Upper Peninsula Sandy Glacial Deposits
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RHI—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI095—Luce County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46085-E4—Betsy Lake SW, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, isotic, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Okeefe
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Okeefe
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain, moraine, lakebed
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/2006 (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

    5—15

    15—48

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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

    5

    —

    —

    226

    —

    813

    —

    —

    6

    —

    —

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) mucky peat; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots throughout and 6.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    E—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; abrupt irregular boundary.
    Bhs—15 to 18 centimeters (5.9 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots throughout and 6.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear irregular boundary.
    Bs1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 medium roots throughout and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear irregular boundary.
    Bs2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 medium roots throughout and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear irregular boundary.
    BC—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 medium roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary.
    2C—79 to 203 centimeters (31.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) stratified stratified silt loam to silt; moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8.