IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rubicon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MI003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MI003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966MI003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1975
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36133
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 46.3311081
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6183167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 45N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI003—Alger
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI603—Alger County Area, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46086-C5—Juniper, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.P. Whiteside and R. Johnson
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rubicon
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Entic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1966
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and 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

    PIRE

    PTERI

    Pinus resinosa

    Pteridium

    red pine

    brackenfern

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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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    838

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    6.1

    17.2

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    AL—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15705
    A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sand; weak coarse granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15706
    B21ir—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15707
    B22ir—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; sand; weak coarse granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15708
    B31—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15709
    B32—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15710
    C1—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15711
    C2—102 to 165 centimeters (40.2 to 65.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) Error; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15712
    C3—165 to 259 centimeters (65.0 to 102.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15713. auger sample