IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GERRISH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998MI143002
  • User Pedon ID: S1998MI143002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0213
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11072
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 44.1791649
  • Std. Longitude: -84.6185226
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI143—Roscommon
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI143—Roscommon County, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - GERRISH
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Typic Udorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1998 (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
    • 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

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    722

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    127

    6.4

    18.6

    -6.5

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    203936

    Houghton Lake Roscommon County AP

    COOP
    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (7.5YR 2/1), dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), dry; sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01076. (1 to 5 inches)
    E—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; sand; weak medium granular parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 21.0 medium roots; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01077. (0 to 3 inches)
    Bw1—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 16 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01078
    Bw2—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very gravelly sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 7 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 33 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01079
    Bw3—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 33 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01080. (combined thickness of Bw horizons are 10 to 30 inches.)
    E&Bt—66 to 203 centimeters (26.0 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand, loamy sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P01081. lamellae are 1/16 to 1/4 inches in thickness with a total accumulation of 4 inches.