LOCATION WAKELEY MI+WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy over clayey, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, frigid Aeric Epiaquents
TYPICAL PEDON: Wakeley muck - on a 1 percent slope in a forested area on a lake plain at an elevation of about 1,115 feet above mean sea level. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Oa--0 to 4 inches; black (N 2.5/0) broken face and rubbed muck; about 15 percent fiber, 10 percent rubbed; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; many fine, common medium and few coarse roots; about 10 percent uncoated sand grains in lower portion of this horizon; slightly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (0 to 7 inches thick)
C--4 to 23 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure parting to single grain; loose; common fine roots; few medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1) and few coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulations throughout; about 2 percent coarse gravel and 1 percent cobbles; slightly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (6 to 28 inches thick)
Cg--23 to 28 inches; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy sand; massive; friable; many medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of iron accumulations throughout; about 5 percent medium and coarse gravel; neutral; abrupt wavy boundary. (0 to 20 inches thick)
2C1--28 to 58 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay; massive; firm; common medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulations and many medium and coarse prominent greenish gray (5GY 6/1) iron depletions throughout; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; gradual wavy boundary.
2C2--58 to 80 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) clay; massive; firm; common fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of iron accumulations and few fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions throughout; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Crawford County, Michigan; about 13 miles east-southeast of the city of Grayling, 1,650 feet east and 400 feet north of the southwest corner of sec. 12, T. 25 N., R. 2 W.; west part South Branch Township; USGS Roscommon North, Michigan 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle; lat. 44 degrees 34 minutes 13.01 seconds N. and long. 84 degrees 30 minutes 17.22 seconds W., NAD 27.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The thickness of the sandy mantle and depth to clayey lacustrine sediments ranges from 18 to 39 inches. The gravel content ranges from 0 to 15 percent in the sandy material and 0 to 5 percent in the clayey material. Cobble content ranges from 0 to 3 percent in the sandy material. Total rock fragments range from 0 to 15 percent in the sandy material and from 0 to 5 percent in the clayey material.
The Oa horizon has hue of 7.5YR, 10YR, or is neutral; value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 0 to 2. It is muck or mucky peat. Some pedons have a thin A or Ap horizon with colors similar to the Oa horizon. The A or Ap horizon is sand, loamy sand, loamy fine sand, or the mucky analogues of these textures. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly alkaline.
The C horizon has hue of 7.5YR, 10YR, or 2.5Y; value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 3 or 4. It is sand, fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand. Reaction ranges from moderately acid to slightly alkaline.
The Cg horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 5Y; value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 0 to 2. It is sand, fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand. Reaction ranges from moderately acid to slightly alkaline. Some pedons do not have Cg horizons. Pedons without Cg horizons are generally uncoated sandy textures.
The 2C horizons have hue of 5YR, 7.5YR, 10YR or 2.5Y; value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 4. They are dominantly clay or silty clay but may include clay loam or silty clay loam. Some pedons have thin strata of loamy or sandy material. Reaction is slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline.
Some pedons have 2Cg horizons, with sandy clay texture.
COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series. Similar or related series include Brevort, Burleigh, Minnewasta (T), Sickles, and Pinconning. Brevort and Burleigh soils have chromas that are 2 or less in the upper portion of the control section and are in the sandy over loamy family. Minnewasta soils are calcareous throughout the profile. Pinconning soils have chromas that are 2 or less in the upper portion of the control section. Sickles soils have mean annual soil temperatures of more than 47 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Wakeley soils formed in sandy outwash and lacustrine material underlain by clayey lacustrine deposits on glacial lake plains and outwash plains. Slopes range from 0 to 2 percent. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 28 to 32 inches and mean annual temperature ranges from 40 to 45 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Allendale, Au Gres, Croswell, Leafriver, Manistee, and Tawas soils. The somewhat poorly drained Allendale and the moderately well drained Manistee soils are in the same drainage sequence. The somewhat poorly drained Au Gres and the moderately well drained Croswell soils are on slightly higher landscape positions. The very poorly drained Leafriver and Tawas soils are in depressions or on similar landscape positions.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained and very poorly drained. A water table, perched by the clayey lacustrine material ranges from 1 foot above the surface to 1 foot below the surface at some time from October to May. Permeability is rapid in the sandy material and slow or very slow in the clayey material. The potential surface runoff is negligible.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of this soil are forested. Common tree species include quaking aspen, speckled alder, willow, black spruce, balsam fir, and northern white cedar.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern Lower Michigan and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The series is of small extent.
MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Indianapolis, Indiana
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Crawford County, Michigan, 1993.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: aquic soil moisture regime; aeric feature - chroma of 2 or more within 30 inches of the surface.
The soil qualifies into the Aquent suborder based on uncoated sand grains. Many soils previously correlated as taxadjuncts to the Pinconning series may now be included in this series.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Soil Interpretation Record No.: MI0646