LOCATION KANOTIN MI
Established Series
Rev. EPJ-WEF
12/2021
KANOTIN SERIES
The Kanotin series consists of very deep, very poorly drained soils formed in sandy glaciofluvial deposits overlying clayey lacustrine sediments on lake plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 2 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about737 mm (29 inches), and the mean annual temperature is about 6.7 degrees C (44 degrees F).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, mixed, frigid Histic Epiaquods
TYPICAL PEDON: Kanotin muck, on a 1 percent slope in an idle area. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Oi--0 to 10 cm (0 to 4 inches); living sphagnum moss.
Oa1--10 to 20 cm (4 to 8 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) muck (sapric material); 50 percent fiber, 10 percent rubbed; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common fine and medium roots; very strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary.
Oa2--20 to 33 cm (8 to 13 inches); black (N 2.5/) muck (sapric material); 25 percent fiber, 5 percent rubbed; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common fine and medium roots; very strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. [Combined thickness of the Oa horizon is 20 to 30 cm (8 to 12 inches).]
E--33 to 40 cm (13 to 16 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand, gray (10YR 6/1) dry; single grain; loose; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. [2 to 13 cm (1 to 5 inches) thick]
Bhs--40 to 76 cm (13 to 30 inches); black (5YR 2/1) sand; single grain; loose; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. [10 to 36 cm (4 to 14 inches) thick]
Bs--76 to 127 cm (30 to 50 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; single grain; loose; common fine roots; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. [38 to 76 cm (15 to 30 inches) thick]
C--127 to 140 cm ( 50 to 56 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. [0 to 25 cm (10 inches) thick]
Ab--140 to 157 cm ( 56 to 62 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) stratified very fine sand and silt loam; massive; friable; few fine faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) manganese masses; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. [0 to 18 cm (7 inches) thick]
2C--157 to 213 cm ( 62 to 84 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; massive; very firm; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Iosco County, Michigan; about 6 miles southwest of Tawas City; 1000 feet east and 50 feet north of the southwest corner of sec. 20, T. 21 N., R. 7 E.; USGS Alabaster Michigan topographic quadrangle; lat. 44 degrees 11 minutes 31 seconds N. and long. 83 degrees 37 minutes 4 seconds W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Thickness of the solum: 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches)
Depth to the 2C horizon: 102 to 152 cm (40 to 60 inches)
Oa horizon:
Hue: 5YR or is neutral
Value: 2.5
Chroma: 0 or 1
Organic material: muck (sapric material)
Reaction: very strongly acid
E horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 5 to 7
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: sand
Rock fragment content: 0 to 5 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid
Bhs horizon:
Hue: 5YR
Value: 2
Chroma: 1
Texture: sand
Rock fragment content: 0 to 5 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid
Bs horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 3 to 6
Chroma: 4 to 6
Texture: sand
Orstein content: 0 to 50 percent
Rock fragment content: 0 to 5 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid
C horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 5 or 6
Chroma: 4 to 6
Texture: sand
Rock fragment content: 0 to 5 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid
Ab horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 4
Chroma: 3
Texture: very fine sand or silt loam, or is stratified
Rock fragment content: 0 to 5 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid
2C horizon:
Hue: 5Y
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: silty clay
Rock fragment content: 0 to 5 percent
Reaction: moderately alkaline
COMPETING SERIES: There are no other series in the family.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Kanotin soils are on lake plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 2 percent. The Kanotin soils formed in sandy glaciofluvial deposits overlying clayey lacustrine sediments. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 711 to 762 mm (28 to 30 inches). Mean annual temperature ranges from 6.1 to 7.2 degrees C (43 to 45 degrees F).
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Pullup,
Proper, McIvor, and
Wabun soils. The somewhat excessively drained Pullup soils and the moderately well drained Proper soils are on ridges. The somewhat poorly drained McIvor soils are in slightly higher landscape positions. The poorly drained and very poorly drained Wabun soils are in depression and drainageways. Wabun soils do not have spodic horizons.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Very poorly drained. Depth to the top of a perched seasonal high water table ranges from 30 cm (one foot) above the surface to 30 cm (one foot) below the surface between October and May in normal years. The soil is saturated for a period of 90 to 120 days when the soil temperature is above 5 degrees C. Potential for surface runoff is negligible. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is high or very high in the upper sandy material and moderately low in the underlying clayey sediments. Permeability is rapid in the upper sandy material and slow in the underlying clayey sediments.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most of this soil is covered with wetland brush with few trees scattered throughout. Ground cover includes water tolerant grasses and sedges, leatherleaf, sheep laurel, bog rosemary, labrador tea, and sphagnum moss. Trees that are found are jack pine, tamarack, black spruce, balsam fir, and quaking aspen.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: MLRA 94A in northeastern part of the lower Peninsula of Michigan. The series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Iosco County, Michigan, 1995.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Histic epipedon: from a depth of 0 to 33 cm (0 to 9 inches) (Oa1, Oa2 horizons).
Albic horizon: from a depth of 33 to 40 cm (13 to 16 inches) (E horizon).
Spodic horizon: from a depth of 40 to 127 cm (16 to 50 inches) (Bhs, Bs horizons).
Aquic conditions: histic epipedon and redoximorphic features in horizons above the spodic horizon and below it at a depth of 157 cm (62 inches).
ADDITIONAL DATA: Soil Interpretation Record No.: MI0727
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.