IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BOWERS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998MI135002
  • User Pedon ID: S1998MI135002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998MI135002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0142
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11001
  • 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: 44.6387583
  • Std. Longitude: -84.2414333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet N and 2600 feet W of SE corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI135—Oscoda
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI135—Oscoda County, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Werlein, Tom Purkey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, frigid Aquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BOWERS
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, frigid Aquic Glossudalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/1998
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    BRIN2

    PIST

    SOLID

    Bromus inermis

    Pinus strobus

    Solidago

    smooth brome

    eastern white pine

    goldenrod

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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

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    336

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    45

    772

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    107

    5.9

    18.2

    -7.1

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    204967

    Lupton 1S

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00721
    B/E—20 to 35 centimeters (7.9 to 13.8 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam, very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) iron depletions and 3 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00722. with tongues (30 percent of horizon) of brown (10YR 5/3); discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198886; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198886
    BC—35 to 60 centimeters (13.8 to 23.6 inches); 75 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) oxidized and 4 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00723. patchy - phpvsfiid 198887; patchy - phpvsfiid 198887
    C1—60 to 140 centimeters (23.6 to 55.1 inches); 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 20 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) very fine sandy loam; massive; 10 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00724. patchy - phpvsfiid 198888; patchy - phpvsfiid 198888
    C2—140 to 200 centimeters (55.1 to 78.7 inches); 80 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and 20 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay loam, silt loam, very fine sandy loam; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 3n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter. Lab sample # 99P00725