IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hiawatha
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MI153003
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MI153003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.1038895
  • Std. Longitude: -86.1544418
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 43N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: Schoolcraft County, Michigan Subset; about 3 miles east of Smith Lake; 1,400 feet north and 600 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI153—Schoolcraft
  • MLRA: 94B—Michigan Eastern Upper Peninsula Sandy Glacial Deposits
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RHI—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI153—Schoolcraft County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46086-A2—Smith Lake, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hiawatha
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hiawatha
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: and/or sandy alluvium
  • Landform: strath terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    1

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    760

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    4

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) mucky peat; fragments.
    A—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2), weak red (2.5YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2C1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; weak thick platy structure; very friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary.
    2C2—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; weak thick platy structure; very friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary.
    2C3—64 to 140 centimeters (25.2 to 55.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; weak thick platy structure; 6 percent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, organic stains and 6 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains; 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary.
    2C4—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3.