IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DEERHEART
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998MI135003
  • User Pedon ID: S1998MI135003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998MI135003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0143
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11002
  • 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: 44.6386139
  • Std. Longitude: -84.2410500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet west and 100 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: northeast part of Big Creek Township, USGS
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI135—Oscoda
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI135—Oscoda County, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Werlein, T. Purkey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, nonacid, frigid Aeric Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - DEERHEART
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, nonacid, frigid Aeric Endoaquepts
  • Classificaton Date - 10/13/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    PHAR3

    SALIX

    SCIRP

    Phalaris arundinacea

    Salix

    Scirpus

    reed canarygrass

    willow

    bulrush

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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

    3

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    334

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    315

    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), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3 percent fine irregular masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P00726
    Bg—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 3 percent fine irregular masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00727
    BC—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam, very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 21 percent fine irregular masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P00728. Many 2.5Y 6/1 Iron Depletions on ped faces throughout the BC Horizon. Stratified Textures.
    C—66 to 200 centimeters (26.0 to 78.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay loam, very fine sandy loam; 21 percent fine and medium irregular masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 99P00729. Many 10Y 6/ Iron Depletions along fracture planes in C Horizon. Stratified Textures with thin varves of LVFS.