IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rubicon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MI031002
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MI031002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966MI031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1931
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36089
  • 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: 45.4461333
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4606667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 105 feet north and 2,520 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Koehler East Township
  • Map Unit: 13B—Rubicon sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI031—Cheboygan
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI031—Cheboygan County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45084-D4—Legrand, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Alfred, R. Johnson, and N. Stroesenreuther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid Entic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rubicon (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rubicon
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Entic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • 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

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1966 (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

    ACRU

    PIRE

    PIST

    POGR4

    POTR5

    PTERI

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Pinus resinosa

    Pinus strobus

    Populus grandidentata

    Populus tremuloides

    Pteridium

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    red pine

    eastern white pine

    bigtooth aspen

    quaking aspen

    brackenfern

    northern red oak

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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

    0—15

    3—15

    15—25

    —15—

    —12—

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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

    2

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    256

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    0

    763

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    137

    7.2

    19.3

    -5.7

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    206184

    Onaway 4N

    COOP
    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; coarse sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few (0.5) fine roots; fragments; flecks of light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) uncoated sand grains; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15358; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; sand; weak medium granular, and weak coarse granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few (0.5) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15359; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sand; weak medium granular, and weak coarse granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many (10.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; common (15 percent) of distinct cracked coatings on sand grains; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15360; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—25 to 45 centimeters (9.8 to 17.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many (10.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 5-?-10 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15361; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—45 to 90 centimeters (17.7 to 35.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; very few (0.1) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15362; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—90 to 150 centimeters (35.4 to 59.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15363; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—150 to 300 centimeters (59.1 to 118.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # 40A15364; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket