LOCATION MANISTIQUE              MI

Established Series
JKC-GDW-JFH
06/2011

MANISTIQUE SERIES

The Manistique series consists of moderately deep, somewhat poorly drained soils formed in sandy beach deposits underlain by limestone bedrock. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is high or very high. Slopes range from 0 to 3 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 760 millimeters, and mean annual air temperature is about 5 degrees C.

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, frigid Spodic Psammaquents

TYPICAL PEDON: Manistique fine sand in an area of Shuberts-Manistique complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes in a forested area. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

A--0 to 5 centimeters; black (N 2/0) fine sand, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many fine and few medium roots; strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (0 to 10 centimeters thick)

E--5 to 30 centimeters; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand, light gray (10YR 7/2) dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few fine and medium roots; strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (0 to 25 centimeters thick)

Bw--30 to 61 centimeters; brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; few fine prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; neutral; clear wavy boundary. (10 to 31 centimeters thick)

C--61 to 76 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; common medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron accumulations; common thin varves of black (10YR 2/1) mucky sand; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary.

2R--76 centimeters; hard, fractured limestone bedrock

TYPE LOCATION: Major Land Resource Area 94B Michigan Eastern Upper Peninsula Sandy Drift, Schoolcraft County Michigan Subset; about 1 mile east of Manistique; 1,800 feet south and 2300 feet east of the northwest corner, sec. 18, T. 41 N., R. 15 W.; USGS Manistique East topographic quadrangle; Manistique Township; latitude 45 degrees 56 minutes 58 seconds N.; longitude 86 degrees 13 minutes 53 seconds W.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to limestone bedrock - 51 to 102 centimeters
Channer content - 0 to 10 percent
Gravel content - 0 to 35 percent throughout

The A horizon has hue of 10YR, or is neutral; value of 2 to 4, and chroma of 0 to 2. It is fine sand, sand, or gravelly analogues of these textures. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly alkaline.

The E horizon has a hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 7, and a chroma of 1 to 3. It is fine sand, sand, or gravelly analogues of these textures. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly alkaline.

The Bw horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 6. It is fine sand, sand, or gravelly analogues of these textures. Reaction ranges from slightly acid to slightly alkaline.

The C horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 6; and chroma of 2 to 4. Texture is fine sand, sand, coarse sand, or gravelly analogues of these textures. Reaction ranges from neutral to moderately alkaline.

COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Manistique soils are on nearly level to gently sloping beach ridges adjacent to the shores of Lake Michigan. Slope gradients are 0 to 3 percent. Elevations are 178 to 185 meters. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 710 to 810 millimeters. The annual temperature ranges from about 3 to 5 degrees C. The frost free period is 90 to 140 days.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: Chippeny, Shuberts, Deer Park, and Wurtsmith soils. Chippeny soils have 41 to 130 centimeters of organic material. Shuberts is poorly drained. The Chippeny and Shuberts soils are in depressions. Deer Park soils are excessively drained and on dunes. Wurtsmith soils are moderately well drained and on low ridges.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Somewhat poorly drained. These soils have representative wet soil moisture status that ranges from 30 to 46 centimeters below the surface in October, November, March, April, May, and June. Surface runoff is very low. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is high or very high.

USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are wooded. Common trees are northern white-cedar, balsam fir, hemlock, paper birch, aspen, and red maple.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Physiographic Division
--Interior Plains
Physiographic Province
--Central Lowland
Physiographic Section
--Eastern Lake
Land Resource Region
--Northern Lake States Forest and Forage region (LRR K)
Major Land Resource Area
--Michigan Eastern Upper Peninsula Sandy Drift (MLRA 94B)

The series is of small extent.

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Major Land Resource Area 94B Michigan Eastern Upper Peninsula Sandy Drift; Schoolcraft County Michigan Subset, December 2006.
Proposed in Schoolcraft County, Michigan, 2001.

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in the typical pedon are: Ochric epipedon 0 to 30 centimeters (A and E horizons)
Aquic moisture regime - based on a presumed positive reaction with alpha,alpha-dipyridyl at some time during the year in most years. The inherent color of the parent material causes a red matrix in reducing environment.
Lithic contact - 76 centimeters.

ADDITIONAL DATA: Refer to S02MI-153-001 for NSSL data on reference pedon. The pedon descriptions supporting this series concept are stored in NASIS.

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.