LOCATION DEER PARK MI+MNEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, frigid Spodic Udipsamments
TYPICAL PEDON: Deer Park sand - forested. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated).
Oe--0 to 2 inches; black (10YR 2/1) partially decomposed leaf litter (0 to 2 inches thick)
A--2 to 6 inches; black (10YR 2/1) sand, dark gray (10YR 4/1) dry; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common roots; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 5 inches thick)
E--6 to 26 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; common roots; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (1 to 22 inches thick)
Bs1--26 to 29 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; few roots; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bs2--29 to 38 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bs horizons is 5 to 44 inches.)
C--38 to 62 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; slightly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Houghton County, Michigan; about 6 miles north of the city of Hancock; 660 feet north and 245 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 21, T. 56 N., R. 34 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Depth to the base of the horizons of sesquoxide and organic matter accumulation (Bs horizons) is 18 to 55 inches (measured from the upper boundary of the mineral horizons). Mean annual soil temperature is 42 to 47 degrees F.
The A horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 2 or 3, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 2 or 3. Texture is sand or fine sand. Reaction is extremely acid to moderately acid.
The E horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 1 to 3. Texture is sand or fine sand. Reaction is extremely acid to moderately acid. In some pedons, few dark colored organic stains are in the upper part of the E horizon and many flecks of dark colored grains from the overlying A horizon are mixed throughout the horizon.
The Bs horizons have hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 6, and the color value of the upper part of the horizon is 1 unit darker than that of the E horizon. Texture is sand or fine sand. Acid-oxalate extractable Al plus 1/2 Fe is .25 to .50 percent. Reaction is extremely acid to slightly acid. Some pedons have 25 to 50 percent orstein.
Some pedons have BC horizons with hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 4 or 5. Some pedons have 25 to 50 percent orstein.
The C horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or6, and chroma of 3 or 4. Texture is sand or fine sand. Reaction is extremely acid to slightly acid.
COMPETING SERIES: This is the Eastport series. Eastport soils have neutral or more alkaline reaction in the lower part of the control section (C horizon). Grayling soils, in a closely related family, have more weakly expressed B horizons.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Eastport soils are on nearly level to steep sand plains, ridges, and dunes adjacent to the Great Lakes. The dunes and ridges range from gently sloping to as much as 50 feet above the nearby lake plains. Slopes are 0 to 70 percent. These soils formed in sandy lacustrine sediments, in some places reworked by wind. Elevations are 580 to 700 feet. Mean annual temperature is estimated to range from 40 to 45 degrees F. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 27 to 33 inches. The frost free period is 120 to 150 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: The moderately well drained Croswell soil, the somewhat poorly drained Au Gres and Finch soils, and the poorly or very poorly drained Roscommon soils are on level or nearly level nearby lake plains. In many places, the somewhat excessively drained Kalkaska soils and excessively drained Rubicon soils are on older sand dunes farther from the lakes. Kalkaska and Rubicon soils have well expressed spodic horizons.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Excessively drained. Surface runoff is negligible to low, dependent on slope. Permeability is rapid.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are forested with jack pine, red pine, eastern white pine, northern red oak, paper birch, American beech, and quaking aspen. Some areas are used for recreation.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Bordering the Great Lakes in northern Lower Michigan and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This series is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Alger County, Michigan, 1929.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - 2 to 6 inches (A horizon).
Albic horizon - 6 to 26 inches (E horizon).
Spodic feature - 26 to 38 inches (Bs1 and Bs2 horizons).
Particle-size control section - 10 to 40 inches (part of the E, the Bs1, Bs2, and part of the C horizon).