IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BEAVERTAIL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: H02MI153-043
  • User Pedon ID: S2002MI153043
  • Vegetation Plot ID: H02MI153-043
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0282
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15905
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 45.7933311
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3608017
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1254 feet west, 396 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 498B—Bursaw-Beavertail complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI153—Schoolcraft
  • MLRA: 94B—Michigan Eastern Upper Peninsula Sandy Glacial Deposits
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI153—Schoolcraft County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45086-G3—Point Aux Barques, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Calus,Dan Wing
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal over loamy, mixed, frigid Histic Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 43
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BEAVERTAIL
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal over loamy, mixed, frigid Histic Humaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landform: beach swale
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods begining in apr
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 38C
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ATFI

    COPTI

    OSCI

    Athyrium filix-femina

    Coptis

    Osmunda cinnamomea

    common ladyfern

    goldthread

    cinnamon fern

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

    histic epipedon

    0—25

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    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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    180

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    45

    780

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    123

    5

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    Oa—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (N 2/0) muck; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 6 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 16 percent by volume 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 28 percent by volume 5-20-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—38 to 81 centimeters (15.0 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 6 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 16 percent by volume 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 28 percent by volume 5-20-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01441; observed in auger, bucket
    2Cg—81 to 203 centimeters (31.9 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-5-20 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter.; observed in auger, bucket