IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stutts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: H04MI003-1
  • User Pedon ID: S2004MI003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: H04MI003-1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0176
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16991
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 46.1602745
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6505356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 44N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 35
  • Map Unit: 283B—Kalkaska-Stutts complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI003—Alger
  • MLRA: 94B—Michigan Eastern Upper Peninsula Sandy Glacial Deposits
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI003—Alger County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46086-B6—Tie Lake, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Schwenner, Carey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stutts
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian/outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/15/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    ACSA3

    CAREX

    DRSP4

    OSVI

    PRSE2

    Abies balsamea

    Acer saccharum

    Carex

    Dryopteris spinulosa

    Ostrya virginiana

    Prunus serotina

    balsam fir

    sugar maple

    sedge

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    hophornbeam

    black cherry

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    1—19

    6—19

    19—33

    —18—

    —5—

    —14—
    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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    245

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    140

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    Oa—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); 10YR 2.5/1 (10YR 2.5/1) broken face highly decomposed plant material; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 10.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 10.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, bromcresol green; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 05N00987; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—6 to 19 centimeters (2.4 to 7.5 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) broken face, light gray (5YR 7/1) broken face, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 10.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; ; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00988; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—19 to 24 centimeters (7.5 to 9.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 10.0 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00989; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—24 to 33 centimeters (9.4 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00990; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00991; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2BC—48 to 85 centimeters (18.9 to 33.5 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) broken face sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; nonflat 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00992; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C—85 to 203 centimeters (33.5 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 05N00993; moist when described; observed in pit, small