IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nordhouse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999MI019001
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MI019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999MI019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0370
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11229
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 44.6894972
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2445333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet south and 1100 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Lake township.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI019—Benzie
  • MLRA: 96—Northwestern Michigan Fruit Belt
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI019—Benzie County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44086-F2—Frankfort, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Erik Johnson, Lyle Linsemier, Rick Neilson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic, uncoated Spodic Quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nordhouse
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crystalia
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamment
  • Classificaton Date - 1/29/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: dune
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/29/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4885-66
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    TSUGA

    Fagus grandifolia

    Tsuga

    American beech

    hemlock

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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

    40

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    894

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    160

    7.5

    18.7

    -4.1

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    202984

    Frankfort 2NE

    COOP
    Oa—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed Error; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Horizon composed of decomposed leaf litter.
    AE—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P02007
    Bw—33 to 84 centimeters (13.0 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P02008
    C—84 to 208 centimeters (33.1 to 81.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P02009