IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pearl
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001MI101005
  • User Pedon ID: S2001MI101005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2001MI101005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0126
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14811
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.2711722
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2172111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1,250 feet south and 1,700 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Manistee Township
  • Map Unit: 131A—Milarch loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI101—Manistee
  • MLRA: 96—Northwestern Michigan Fruit Belt
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44086-C2—Onekama, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lyle Linsemier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, active, mesic Arenic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pearl
  • PSC - 76 to 254 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/18/2015
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Skocelas (flagged as OSD)
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 76 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2001
  • Classifier - Lyle Linsemier
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and loamy lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Lyle Linsemier
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    ACSA3

    QUERC

    TIAM

    Acer saccharum

    Quercus

    Tilia americana

    sugar maple

    oak

    American basswood

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

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    lamellae

    0—20

    51—89

    66—99

    76—89

    89—254

    —20—

    —38—

    —33—

    —13—

    —165—
    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

    2

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    188.8

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    180

    847

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    146

    8.1

    19.4

    -3.7

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    205065

    Manistee 3SE

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; many (5.0) very fine roots and many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00379
    Bw1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loamy sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00380
    Bw2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00381
    E/B—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); 85 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/3) and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; loamy sand, sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00382. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1387499; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1387499
    B/E—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and light brown (7.5YR 6/3), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; sandy loam, loamy sand; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00383. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1387500; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1387500
    2E and Bt—89 to 254 centimeters (35.0 to 100.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand, loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose; faint clay bridges between sand grains; 12 percent fine prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 02N00384, 02N00385. patchy - phpvsfiid 1387501; patchy - phpvsfiid 1387501