LOCATION ALGANSEE           MI+IL IN MN OH WI

ALGANSEE SERIES

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, mesic Aquic Udipsamments

TYPICAL PEDON: Algansee loamy fine sand, on a 1 percent slope, in an idle field. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

Ap--0 to 20 centimeters; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy fine sand, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few fine faint brown (10YR 5/3) masses of iron accumulation; neutral; clear smooth boundary. (18 to 25 centimeters thick)

C1--20 to 66 centimeters; pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; few medium distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron depletions; slightly alkaline; clear smooth boundary.

C2--66 to 102 centimeters; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; common coarse faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains; slightly alkaline; clear wavy boundary.

C3--102 to 117 centimeters; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular structure; friable; fine medium distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains; few medium faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of iron accumulation; slightly alkaline; clear wavy boundary.

Cg--117 to 152 centimeters; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; few medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of iron accumulation; slightly alkaline.

TYPE LOCATION: Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) 98-Southern Michigan and Nothern Indiana Drift Plain, Kent County, Michigan subset; located in the city of Wyoming; located about 1,860 feet south and 1,450 feet east of the northwest corner of section 12, T. 6 N., R. 12 W.; USGS Grand Rapids West topographic quadrangle; lat. 42 degrees 55 minutes 21 seconds N. and long. 85 degrees 40 minutes 50 seconds W., NAD 83.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to carbonates--more than 100 centimeters
Clay content in the particle-size control section (weighted average)--0 to 10 percent
Sand content in the particle-size control section (weighted average)--80 to 100 percent
Rock fragment content in the particle-size control section (weighted average)--less than 10 percent
Organic carbon content--irregular decrease with increasing depth

Ap horizon:
Hue--5YR to 10YR
Value--2 to 4
Chroma--1 or 2
Texture--loamy sand, loamy fine sand, fine sand, sand, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or loam
Clay content--2 to 15 percent
Sand content--50 to 95 percent
Rock fragment content--0 to 15 percent
Reaction--very strongly acid to slightly alkaline

A horizon: (when present)
Hue--7.5YR or 10YR
Value--2 or 3
Chroma--1 or 2
Thickness--3 to 18 centimeters

Bw horizon: (when present)
Hue--7.5YR or 10YR
Value--4 or 5
Chroma--3 to 6
Texture--loamy fine sand, fine sand, sand, loamy sand
Clay content--2 to 15 percent
Sand content--85 to 95 percent
Rock fragment content--0 to 15 percent
Reaction--very strongly acid to slightly alkaline

C horizon:
Hue--5YR to 2.5Y
Value--3 to 7
Chroma--2 to 4
Texture--stratified with textures of loamy fine sand, fine sand, sand, loamy sand, or the gravelly analogs of these textures
Clay content--0 to 10 percent
Sand content--80 to 100 percent
Rock fragment content--0 to 35 percent
Reaction--very strongly acid to slightly alkaline

Some pedons have thin strata of loam, sandy loam, loamy very fine sand, very fine sandy loam, or the gravelly analogs of these textures

Some pedons have thin layers darkened by organic matter

Some pedons are moderately alkaline below a depth of 100 centimeters

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Altmar, Birchwood, Brems, Brockatonorton, Deerfield, Elnora, Fortress, Meckling, Morocco, Ottokee, Partridge, Tedrow, and Zaborosky series.
Altmar--have a rock fragment content that averages 10 percent in the particle-size control section
Birchwood--have a densic contact within a depth of 100 centimeters
Brems--do not have a frequently saturated zone within a depth of 0.6 meter when precipitation is within one standard deviation of the 30 year mean of annual precipitation
Brockatonorton--have a buried organic horizon
Deerfield--do not have an irregular decrease in organic carbon with increasing depth
Elnora--do not have an irregular decrease in organic carbon with increasing depth
Fortress--do not have a frequently saturated zone within a depth of 0.6 meter when precipitation is within one standard deviation of the 30 year mean of annual precipitation
Meckling--have carbonates throughout the series control section
Morocco--are not stratified within a depth of 150 centimeters
Ottokee--do not have a frequently saturated zone within a depth of 0.6 meter when precipitation is within one standard deviation of the 30 year mean of annual precipitation and are not stratified within a depth of 150 centimeters
Partridge--have a lithic contact with sandstone within a depth of 100 centimeters
Tedrow--do not have an irregular decrease in organic carbon with increasing depth and are not stratified within a depth of 150 centimeters
Zaborosky--have buried A horizons

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material--stratified sandy alluvium
Landform--flood plains or lake shores
Slope--0 to 4 percent
Elevation--175 to 450 meters above sea level
Mean annual precipitation--585 to 1,015 millimeters
Mean air annual temperature--4 to 11 degrees C
Frost-free period--115 to 225 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Abscota, Ceresco, Cohoctah, Glendora, and Landes soils.
Abscota--are on higher landscape positions and do not have a frequently saturated zone within a depth of 0.75 meter when precipitation is within one standard deviation of the 30 year mean of annual precipitation
Ceresco--are on landscape positions similar to those of the Algansee soils and have a mollic epipedon
Cohoctah--are on lower landscape positions and have a mollic epipedon
Glendora--are on lower landscape positions and have a frequently saturated zone within 0.3 meter when precipitation is within one standard deviation of the 30 year mean of annual precipitation
Landes--are on higher landscape positions, have a mollic epipedon and have a clay content that averages 5 to 18 percent in the particle-size control section

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class--somewhat poorly drained--a frequently saturated zone occurs at a depth of 0.3 to .6 meters from September to May when precipitation is within one standard deviation of the 30 year mean of annual precipitation
Saturated hydraulic conductivity--100.00 to 705.00 micrometers per second
Flooding--frequently or occasionally flooded for long duration

USE AND VEGETATION:
Most areas are forested. Only a very small part is drained and cultivated. Cleared areas are used mostly for permanent pasture. The native vegetation is red maple, swamp white oak, quaking aspen, and white ash.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Physiographic Division--Interior Plains
Physiographic Province--Central Lowland
Physiographic sections--Eastern lake section, Western lake section, Wisconsin driftless section, and Dissected till plains
MLRAs--Wisconsin Central Sands (89),
Central Minnesota Sandy Outwash (91A),
Western Michigan Fruit Belt (96),
Southwestern Michigan Fruit and Truck Crop Belt (97),
Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plain (98),
Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies (103),
Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies (104), and
Northern Mississippi Valley Loess Hills (105)
LRRs K, L, M; southern Michigan, south central and southeastern Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, Indiana and Ohio
Extent--moderate

MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Ionia County, Michigan, 1965.

REMARKS:
Particle-size control section--the zone from a depth of 25 to 100 centimeters;
series control section--the zone from the surface to a depth of 150 centimeters.

Diagnostic horizons and feature recognized in this pedon include:
ochric epipedon--the zone from the surface to a depth of 20 centimeters (Ap horizon);
aquic feature--mottles with chroma of 2 or less above a depth of 1 meter.

Taxonomy version--Keys to Soil Taxonomy, tenth edition, 2006.