LOCATION TYRE MIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, mesic Typic Psammaquents
TYPICAL PEDON: Tyre loamy sand - on a nearly level area of 1 percent slope on till plain used for unimproved pasture. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
A1--0 to 2 inches; black (N 2/0) loamy sand; very weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; many fine roots; about 10 percent cobbles; strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (1 to 4 inches thick)
B2--2 to 5 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; very weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine roots; 10 percent cobbles; medium acid; clear wavy boundary. (2 to 16 inches thick)
C1--5 to 12 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine roots; 10 percent cobbles; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
C2--12 to 18 inches; pale olive (5Y 6/3) loamy sand; common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine roots; 5 percent cobbles; neutral; clear broken boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
C3g--18 to 25 inches; light gray (2.5Y 7/2) cobbly sand; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) bands; single grained; loose; 30 percent coarse fragments; neutral; diffuse wavy boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
Cr--25 to 32 inches; light gray (2.5Y 7/2) weathered sandstone; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) bands; massive; friable; neutral; diffuse wavy boundary. (0 to 20 inches thick)
R--32 inches; sandstone bedrock.
TYPE LOCATION: Huron County, Michigan; about 4 miles north and 4 miles east of Kinde; 2,145 feet west and 1,100 feet north of the southeast corner of sec. 11, T. 18 N., R. 13 E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Solum thickness ranges from 5 to 18 inches. Depth to unweathered sandstone ranges from 20 to 40 inches. Reaction throughout the solum ranges from strongly acid to neutral. Coarse fragments average less than 15 percent in the upper part of the profile and 15 to 34 percent immediately above the bedrock. Mean annual soil temperature ranges from 47 to 52 degrees F.
The A1 horizon is black (N 2/0, 10YR 2/1) or very dark brown (10YR 2/2). It is sand or loamy sand.
The B and C horizons have hues of 10YR, 2.5Y or 5Y, values of 4 through 7 and chromas of 1 through 3. Mottles in the B and C horizons are absent or are few to many, fine to coarse, faint to prominent with hues of 7.5YR or 10YR, values of 5 or 6 and chromas of 3 through 8. The B and C horizons typically are sand or cobbly sand but may be loamy sand or cobbly loamy sand.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Arloval, Conrad, Gothenburg, Heceta, Hovde, Junius, Stafford and Tryon series in the same family. All of these series lack the sandstone bedrock above a depth of 40 inches.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Tyre soils are on nearly level areas of till plains and outwash plains. Slopes range from 0 to 6 percent. They formed in acid glacial drift of Wisconsinan age and the underlying sandstone residuum. Climate is humid-continental. Mean annual temperature ranges from 45 to 50 degrees F., and mean annual precipitation is 29 to 37 inches.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Badaxe soils that have sandy loam or loam material overlying the sandstone at depths greater than 60 inches.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Somewhat poorly drained. Surface runoff is very slow. Permeability is moderately rapid above the bedrock.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are primarily in woodland and pasture. Dominant species are quaking aspen, white birch, red maple and willows.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Huron and Sanilac Counties, Michigan. This series is inextensive.
MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Indianapolis, Indiana
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Sanilac County, Michigan; 1955.