IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bamfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999MI135002
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MI135002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0290
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11805
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 44.8288639
  • Std. Longitude: -84.1321222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 925 feet north and 320 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: north part of Elmer Township; USGS Oak Lake Michigan 7.5 minute topographical quadrangle.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI135—Oscoda
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI135—Oscoda County, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bamfield
  • Classificaton Date - 4/3/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/3/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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

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    790

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    77

    4.9

    17.2

    -8.1

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    208417

    Vanderbilt 11ENE

    COOP
    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (7.5YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02134
    E—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.
    E/B—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loamy sand, clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02135
    Bt1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and medium and coarse roots and fine roots; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 30 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02136. few veins yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy loam.
    Bt2—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loam; 25 percent clay; weak and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and fine and medium roots; 0.5 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 30 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02137. few veins of strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam and loamy sand; rock fragments are the horizons averages.
    BC—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) loam; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02138. weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure inherit from deposition; common distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay flows on vertical fracture planes; rock fragments are horizontal averages.
    C—135 to 201 centimeters (53.1 to 79.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4); massive; friable; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P02139. few very fine and fine roots in the upper part of the horizon; prominent light gray (7.5YR 7/2) irregular masses of carbonates along fracture planes; one 2 inch thick strata of light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand at 75 inches.
    2C—201 to 229 centimeters (79.1 to 90.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog.