LOCATION GLENNIE MI
Established Series
Rev. DSJ-TEW-MLK
08/2012
GLENNIE SERIES
The Glennie series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils that formed in loamy till on ground moraines. Slope ranges from 0 to 12 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 762 mm (30 inches), and the mean annual temperature is about 6.7 degrees C (44 degrees F).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Fraglossudalfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Glennie loamy sand, on a 3 percent slope in a wooded area. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
0e--0 to 5 cm (2 inches); partially decomposed forest litter; abrupt smooth boundary.
A--5 to 8 cm (2 to 3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy sand, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) dry; weak fine granular structure; friable; many fine roots; about 5 percent gravel; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. [2 to 13 cm (1 to 5 inches) thick]
E--8 to 18 cm (3 to 7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine and medium roots; about 5 percent gravel; slightly acid; abrupt broken boundary. [0 to 10 cm (4 inches) thick]
Bt1--18 to 28 cm (7 to 11 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine roots; clay coatings and bridging of sand grains; about 5 percent gravel and 1 percent cobbles; neutral; abrupt broken boundary.
Bt2--28 to 51 cm (11 to 20 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots; clay coatings and bridging of sand grains; about 5 percent gravel; neutral; clear wavy boundary. [Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 13 to 33 cm (5 to 13 inches).]
E/Bx--51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand (E); occupies about 60 percent of the horizon surrounding peds of reddish brown (5YR 5/3) loam (Bt); massive; firm; few fine roots in cracks; common fine vesicular pores; about 5 percent gravel; brittle; neutral; clear irregular boundary. [(4 to 20 inches) thick]
B/Ex--102 to 117 cm (40 to 46 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam (Bt); few faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films; occupies about 70 percent of the horizon surrounded by brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam (E); weak thick platy structure; very firm; common fine roots in cracks; common fine vesicular pores; few fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; about 5 percent gravel; brittle; slightly acid; clear irregular boundary. [0 to 15 cm (6 inches) thick]
B't1--117 to 142 cm (46 to 56 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay; weak medium prismatic structure parting to moderate medium angular blocky; very firm; common fine roots between peds; many faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films 1 to 4 mm thick on vertical faces of peds; few fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; about 5 percent gravel; neutral; clear irregular boundary.
B't2--142 to 216 cm (56 to 85 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; common faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; about 8 percent gravel; slightly effervescent; slightly alkaline; clear wavy boundary. [Combined thickness of the B't horizon is 28 to 61 cm (11 to 24 inches).]
Cd--216 to 251 cm (85 to 99 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) sandy clay loam; massive; firm; about 8 percent gravel; strongly effervescent; slightly alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Alcona County, Michigan; about 4 miles east of the village of Glennie; 1,850 feet south and 1,848 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 13, T. 25 N., R. 6 E; USGS Glennie, MI topographic quadrangle; lat. 44 degrees 33 minutes 47.75 seconds N. and long. 83 degrees 39 minutes 8.98 seconds W., NAD 27.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Unless otherwise stated depth ranges in this paragraph are from the mineral surface to the depth specified.
Thickness of the solum: greater than 152 cm (60 inches)
Depth to the fragipan: 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches)
Rock fragment content: 0 to 10 percent gravel and 0 to 7 percent cobbles throughout; total content of rock fragments ranges from 0 to 10 percent throughout the series control section
Ap horizon, where present:
Thickness: 15 to 23 cm (6 to 9 inches)
Value: 3 or 4
Chroma: 1 or 2
A horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR, or is neutral
Value: 2, 2.5, or 3
Chroma: 0 or 1
Reaction: strongly acid to neutral
E horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR, or is neutral
Value: 5 or 6
Chroma: 0 to 3
Reaction: strongly acid to neutral
Bt horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 3 to 5
Chroma: 4 to 8
Texture: sandy loam or loamy sand but averages as coarse-loamy in the control section
Clay content: contains 3 percent or more clay than the E horizon
Reaction: moderately acid to neutral
E part of the E/Bx and B/Ex horizons:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 5 or 6
Chroma: 2 to 4
Texture: loamy sand or sandy loam
Consistence: firm when moist and hard when dry and has some brittleness
Reaction: moderately acid to neutral
Bt part of the E/Bx and B/Ex:
Hue: 5YR or 7.5YR
Value: 3 to 5
Chroma: 3 to 6
Texture: loam or sandy clay loam
Reaction: moderately acid to neutral
B't horizon:
Hue: 5YR or 7.5YR
Value: 3 to 5
Chroma: 3 to 6
Texture: clay, clay loam or sandy clay loam
Reaction: moderately acid to neutral
Cd horizon:
Hue: 5YR or 7.5YR
Value: 5 or 6
Chroma: 3 or 4
Texture: sandy clay loam, clay loam, or loam
Reaction: slightly alkaline
COMPETING SERIES: There are no other series in the same family.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Glennie soils are on ground moraines. Slope ranges from 0 to 12 percent; the well drained phase, which is no longer part of the series concept and will become a new series, has slopes ranging from 12 to 35 percent. The Glennie soils formed in dense fractured till that is underlain by coarse textured stratified glaciofluvium at depths greater than 3 meters (10 feet). Mean annual precipitation ranges from 686 to 813 mm (27 to 32 inches). Mean annual temperature ranges from 6.1 to 7.2 degrees C (43 to 45 degrees F).
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Killmaster and
Lupton soils. The somewhat poorly drained Killmaster soils are in a drainage sequence with the Glennie soils. The very poorly drained Lupton soils are in the closed depressional areas.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Moderately well drained. Depth to the top of a perched seasonal high water table ranges from 107 to 137 cm (3.5 to 4.5 feet) between November and April in normal years. The potential for surface runoff is negligible to low. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is high in the upper part and low in the fragipan and substratum. Permeability is moderately rapid in the upper part and very slow in the fragipan and substratum.
USE AND VEGETATION: A major portion of the soil is forested. Tree species include bigtooth aspen, eastern white pine, white ash, paper birch, northern red oak, American beech, red maple and balsam fir. Other areas are used as pastureland and cropland. The common crops include hay, alfalfa and occasionally corn.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: MLRA 94A in northeastern quarter of the lower peninsula of Michigan. The series is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Alcona County, Michigan, 1992.
REMARKS: The well drained phase is no longer in the concept of Glennie series and may become a new series.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon: from the surface to a depth of 18 cm (7 inches) (Oe, A, and E horizons).
Albic horizon: from a depth of 8 to 18 cm (3 to 7 inches) (E horizon).
Argillic horizon: from a depth of 18 to 51 cm (7 to 20 inches) (Bt horizon) and from 102 to 216 cm (40 to 85 inches) (B/Ex and B't horizons).
Fragipan: from a depth of 51 to 117 cm (20 to 46 inches) (E/Bx and B/Ex horizons).
ADDITIONAL DATA: For laboratory data on representative pedon see NSSL S89-001-001 and Michigan Technological University pedon No. 89MI-001-004. Soil Interpretation Record: MI0550 (MODERATELY WELL DRAINED), MI0549 (WELL DRAINED).
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.