IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Karlin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999mi131010
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MI131010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999mi131010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0281
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11789
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 46.8594437
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3286133
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Side slope above Ontonagon flood plain
  • Map Unit: 129F—KARLIN - SPORLEY COMPLEX, 1 TO 70 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI612—Ontonagon County Area, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RFT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Lamellic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Karlin
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Lamellic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1999
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4911-23
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    ABBA

    ACSA2

    BEPA

    COMA7

    CORYL

    PIGL

    POGR4

    PTERI

    QURU

    Abies balsamea

    Acer saccharinum

    Betula papyrifera

    Convallaria majalis

    Corylus

    Picea glauca

    Populus grandidentata

    Pteridium

    Quercus rubra

    balsam fir

    silver maple

    paper birch

    European lily of the valley

    hazelnut

    white spruce

    bigtooth aspen

    brackenfern

    northern red oak

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    cambic horizon

    lamellae

    0—20

    20—86

    86—122

    122—203

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    62

    —

    —

    —

    —

    180

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face loamy sand; 81 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01980; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) broken face, light gray (7.5YR 7/1) broken face, dry; loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01981; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face loamy sand; 85 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 4 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01982; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—36 to 86 centimeters (14.2 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face sand; 97 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 7 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01983; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); 75 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) exterior and 25 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) exterior sand; 98 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 1 percent clay; massive; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01984; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt—122 to 203 centimeters (48.0 to 79.9 inches); 80 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) exterior and 20 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior stratified stratified sand to loamy sand; 98 percent sand; 2 percent silt; massive; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 1 percent faint olive (5Y 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 00P01985; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Bt - broken 1/4 inch bands of lfs 5YR 4/4 5 inch band of sand w/ 10% gravel, w/ structure of single grain, loose. Lamallea is less than 6 inches cummlative.