IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rubicon

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2011MI041003

User Pedon ID: S2011MI041003

Vegetation Plot ID: S2011MI041003

User Site Association ID: MLRA 94B - Delta County Recorrelation Pedons

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Print Date: 12/10/2025

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: 46.0163861

Std. Longitude: -86.8514000

Datum: WGS84

Township: 42N

Range: 20W

Section: 19

State: Michigan

County: MI041—Delta

MLRA: 94B—Michigan Eastern Upper Peninsula Sandy Glacial Deposits

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI601—Delta County and Hiawatha National Forest of Alger and Schoolcraft Counties, MichiganMI041—Delta County, Michigan

PEDON

Describers Name: MDF, KRW

Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Entic Haplorthods

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Rubicon

Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Entic Haplorthods

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/12/2011

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: not certified

QC Status: not reviewed

QA Status: not reviewed

SITE

Parent Material: sandy outwash derived from igneous rock

Landform: outwash plain

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: excessively

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/12/2011 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree 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
2MOSS ACRU CAREX CLMI60 CLRA60 COPE80 EPRE2 FAGR GAPR2 PIBA2 PIRE PIST PLSC70 POBA2 PTAQ VAAN	— Acer rubrum Carex Cladina mitis Cladina rangiferina Comptonia peregrina Epigaea repens Fagus grandifolia Gaultheria procumbens Pinus banksiana Pinus resinosa Pinus strobus Pleurozium schreberi Populus balsamifera Pteridium aquilinum Vaccinium angustifolium	Moss red maple sedge reindeer lichen greygreen reindeer lichen sweet fern trailing arbutus American beech eastern teaberry jack pine red pine eastern white pine Schreber's big red stem moss balsam poplar western brackenfern lowbush blueberry	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
albic horizon spodic horizon	8—20 20—59	—- —-

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	—	—	—	—	45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oe—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) moderately decomposed plant material; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.

E—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary.

Bs1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 20 percent extremely coarse prominent cylindrical moderately coherent cemented ortstein nodules with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; clear irregular boundary.

Bs2—28 to 45 centimeters (11.0 to 17.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent extremely coarse prominent cylindrical moderately coherent cemented ortstein nodules with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; clear irregular boundary.

Bs3—45 to 59 centimeters (17.7 to 23.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent very coarse prominent cylindrical moderately coherent cemented ortstein nodules with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; clear irregular boundary.

BC—59 to 98 centimeters (23.2 to 38.6 inches); sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent very coarse prominent cylindrical moderately coherent cemented ortstein nodules with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.

C—98 to 203 centimeters (38.6 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; structureless massive; very friable; 20 percent ; fragments.