LOCATION WINTERFIELD MI+MN WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, frigid Aquic Udipsamments
TYPICAL PEDON: Winterfield loamy sand - on a 2 percent convex east- facing slope in an area of lowland hardwoods on a flood plain. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
A--0 to 7 inches; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loamy sand, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) dry; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary. (6 to 10 inches thick)
C1--7 to 19 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) sand; many medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Fe concentrations; single grain; loose; neutral; clear wavy boundary.
C2--19 to 31 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; common fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Fe concentrations and common medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Fe depletions; single grain; loose; neutral; clear wavy boundary.
C3--31 to 60 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; about 3 percent gravel; neutral.
TYPE LOCATION: Clare County, Michigan; 1 mile north of Temple; 2,409 feet west and 1,320 feet south of the northeast corner, sec. 16, T. 19 N., R. 6 W.; USGS Temple, MI 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle; lat. 44 degrees 2 minutes 30.3 seconds N and long. 85 degrees 2 minutes 14.4 seconds W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The control section has variable textures within short horizontal distances. It is sand, fine sand, loamy sand, loamy fine sand, or coarse sand. There is an irregular decrease in organic carbon with depth.
The A horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 2 to 4, and chroma of 1 to 3. Reaction ranges from moderately acid to slightly alkaline. It is loamy sand or very fine sandy loam.
Some pedons have Bw horizons.
The C horizons have hue of 5YR to 2.5Y or is neutral, value of 2 to 6 and chroma of 0 to 6. Horizons with value of 2 or 3 are stratified with thin strata with value of 4 or more. Redox features with chroma of 2 or less are within depths of less than 40 inches. Reaction of the C horizons ranges from moderately acid to slightly alkaline. Some pedons are moderately alkaline below depths of 40 inches. Thin strata of gravelly sand or gravelly loamy sand is in some pedons.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Aylmer, Clearriver (T), Hiwood, Lino, Meehan, Poppleton, Redby, Rushlake and Sciota (T) series. These soils do not have an irregular decrease in organic carbon with depth.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Winterfield soils are on flood plains that overflow occasionally or frequently for brief periods. Slopes range from 0 to 4 percent. The soils formed in sandy alluvium. The mean annual precipitation ranges from 27 to 34 inches. Mean annual temperature ranges from 39 to 47 degrees F. Frost free days range from 90 to 140. Elevation above sea level ranges from 600 to 1,400 feet.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Evart, Grayling, Rubicon, Kalkaska and Zimmerman soils. Evart soils are on similar landscape positions, are poorly drained, and have mollic epipedons. Grayling, Rubicon, Kalkaska and Zimmerman soils are on adjoining uplands and do not flood.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Somewhat poorly drained. The soil has an apparent seasonal high water table that ranges from .5 to 3.0 feet below the surface at times during the period from November to May. The soil is subject rare to frequent flooding during periods from November to May. Runoff is negligible or very low. Permeability is rapid.
USE AND VEGETATION: Practically all areas are in woodland. Elm, red maple, swamp white oak, and quaking aspen are the principal trees.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern Michigan and other Northern Lake States. The soil is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Clare County, Michigan, 1977.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: ochric epipedon - the zone from the surface to 7 inches (A horizon); aquic subgroup - redox depletions within a depth of 40 inches.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Soil Interpretation Record No.: MI0263