LOCATION WAUCEDAH MIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, frigid Histic Humaquepts
TYPICAL PEDON: Waucedah muck - on a southeast-facing slope of 1 percent, mixed sedges and trees. (Colors are for moist soil)
Oa--0 to 6 inches; black (N2/0) muck (sapric material) broken face and rubbed; about 30 percent fiber, less than 5 percent rubbed; weak medium granular structure; friable; herbaceous and woody fibers; about 20 percent mineral; neutral; gradual wavy boundary. (8 to 15 inches thick)
A--6 to 11 inches; black (5YR 2/1) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; neutral; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 7 inches thick)
Cg1--11 to 36 inches; dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam with thin layers of gray (10YR 5/1) sand; common medium prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) mottles; massive; friable; neutral; clear wavy boundary. (10 to 30 inches thick)
Cg2--36 to 60 inches; dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam with thin layers of partially decomposed vegetation; massive; friable; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Dickinson County, Michigan; about three miles northeast of Norway; 2,000 feet east and 1,540 feet south of the northwest corner of section 34, T. 40 N., R. 29 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The O horizon has hue of 5YR, 7.5YR, or 10YR or it is neutral, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 0 or 1. It is slightly acid or neutral.
The A horizon has hue of 5YR, 7.5YR, or 10YR; value of 2 or 3; and chroma of 1, or is neutral with value of 2 or 3. It is most commonly sandy loam, but the range includes fine sandy loam, loam and silt loam. It is slightly acid or neutral. Rock fragments range from 0 to 5 percent in the series control section.
The C horizon has hue of 7.5YR, 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y; value of 2 to 5; and chroma of 0 to 3. It is loam, silt loam , fine sandy loam or sandy loam. Thin strata of gravelly sand, sand, fine sand, loamy sand, loamy fine sand, clay loam or organic material are in the C horizon of some pedons. The C horizon ranges from moderately acid to moderately alkaline. Some pedons have a clayey substratum.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Burnham, Nahma, Peacham, Sago, and Witbeck series. Burnham and Peacham soils have a paralithic contact (Cd horizon) within 20 to 40 inches.. Nahma soils have limestone at depths of 20 to 40 inches. Sago soils have a cambic horizon (Bg horizon). Witbeck soils contain more than 5 percent coarse fragments in the soil.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Waucedah soils are on nearly level bottom lands of narrow streams in an area of Wisconsinan drift. They flood at some time in most years. Slope is 0 to 2 percent. They formed in loamy, slightly acid to moderately alkaline alluvium. The mean annual temperature ranges from about 41 to 44 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation ranges from 26 to 33 inches.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Carbondale, Cathro, Emmet, Mancelona, Pemene, and Trenary soils. Carbondale and Cathro soils are organic and typically are in bogs adjacent to Waucedah soils. The well drained Emmet, Pemene, and Trenary soils and somewhat excessively drained Mancelona soils are on adjoining uplands.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained or very poorly drained. The soil is frequently flooded from near the surface to 2 feet above the surface from January to December. Runoff is very slow or ponded. Permeability is moderate.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of Waucedah soils are forested. Black ash, balsam fir, northern white cedar, black spruce, red maple and quaking aspen are the principal species. Areas of past beaver activity are in sedge meadow.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern Michigan and possibly other northern lakes states. The series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Dickinson County, Michigan, 1985.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: histic epipedon - the zone from the surface to 6 inches (Oa horizon); it is assumed that the surface layer, when mixed to 25 cm., meets the minimum requirements for organic carbon; aquic soil moisture regime.