IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nordhouse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999MI019002
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MI019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0371
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11230
  • 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: 44.5529556
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2126500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet north and 2180 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Blaine 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-E2—Elberta, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rick Neilson, Erik Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic, uncoated Spodic Quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • 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 - 5/3/1999
  • 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: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/3/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 82-58
  • 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
    • 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

    35

    —

    —

    —

    —

    894

    —

    160

    7.5

    18.7

    -4.1

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    —

    —

    —

    —

    202984

    Frankfort 2NE

    COOP
    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (7.5YR 2/1) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    E—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), light gray (7.5YR 7/1), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P02010
    Bs—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P02011
    BC—43 to 89 centimeters (16.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P02012
    C—89 to 203 centimeters (35.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog.