Table 1.3 County soil surveys for the US Great Lakes Coastal Zone
County
State
Great
Lake
Date
soil
survey
Scale
Landforms/soil associations
Macomb
MI
Erie
1971,
current
Lakeplains (Toledo, Paulding, Lenawee, Corunna, Lamson, Selfridge, Au
Gres, Metamora); 1–4 mi inland (avg. = 2)
Monroe
MI
Erie
1981,
current
Lakeplains (Lenawee, Del Rey); 2–6 mi inland (avg. = 2)
St. Clair
MI
Erie
1974,
current
Glacial lake beaches (Eastport, Wainola, Tobico, Deford); lakeplains
(Bach, Latty, Paulding, Wasepi); till plains (Hoytville, Allendale,
Nappanee); 1–10 mi inland
Wayne
MI
Erie
1977,
current
Lakeplains (Belleville, Selfridge); till plains (Pewamo, Blount, Hoytville,
Nappanee); 0–2 mi; wave-washed
Chautauqua
NY
Erie
1994,
current
Lakeplains (Niagara, Canandaigua, Minoa, Barcelona, Rhinebeck); 1–3 mi
i; glaciolacustrine-outwash (Valois, Chenango, Pompton); backed by till
plain
Erie
NY
Erie
1986,
current
Lakeplains (Hudson, Varysburg, Valois, Niagara, Canandaigua, Cosad,
Odessa, Schoharie, Rhinebeck); 0–5 mi inland; till plains (Darien,
Remsen, Angola, Orpark, Manlius, Derb)
Ashtabula
OH
Erie
2007,
current
Lakeplains (Conneaut, Painsesville, Elnora); 3–5 mi inland
Cuyahoga
OH
Erie
1980,
current
Lakeplains and beach ridges (Oshtemo, Chili, Geeburg, Mentor, Elnora,
Jimtown, Mitiwanga); 4–12 + mi inland; till plains (Mahoning)
Erie
OH
Erie
2006,
current
Lakeplains (Toledo, Fulton, Colwood, Del Rey, Milford); 0–5 mi inland;
relict near-shore lakeplains (Pewamo, Bennington, Allis); beach ridges
(Jimtown, Oshtemo, Millgrove); till on bedrock benches (Hornell, Fries)
Lake
OH
Erie
1979,
current
Lakeplains and offshore bars (Conneaut, Painesville, Red Hook); beach
ridges, terraces and offshore bars (Elnora, Stafford, Tyner, Otisville,
Conotton, Oshtemo); 5 mi inland; till plains (Platea, Pierpont, Darien,
Mahoning, Ellsworth)
Lorain
OH
Erie
1976,
current
Lakeplains (Fitchville, Luray, Sebring); till on lakeplains (Allis,
Mitiwanga, Miner); beach ridges and outwash plains (Haskins, Jimtown,
Oshtemo); 4–10 mi inland
Lucas
OH
Erie
1980,
current
Lakeplains (Latty, Toledo, Fulton, Del Rey, Lenawee); 5 + mi inland
Ottawa
OH
Erie
1985,
current
Glacial lakebed sediments (Toledo, Nappanee, Lenawee, Kibbie,
Colwood); thin till over ls bedrock (Castalia, Milton, Hoytville); 0–
11 + mi inland
Sandusky
OH
Erie
1987,
current
Lakeplains (Lenawee, Del Rey, Toledo, Fulton); beach ridges, lakeplains,
deltas, former offshore bars (Kibbie, Dixboro, Rimer); 10 + mi inland
Erie
PA
Erie
1960,
current
Lakeplains (Wallington, Birdsall, Williamson, Collamer, Rimer, Wauseon,
Berrien); beach ridges (Conoton, Ottawa, Fredon); 2–4 mi inland; till
upland
Niagara
NY
Erie,
Ontario
1972,
current
Clayey and silty lakeplains Erie and Ontario (Canandaigua, Raynham,
Rhinebeck, Odessa, Lakemont, Ovid); 4–6 mi inland Erie; 3–6 mi inland
Ontario; beach and bar deposits Ontario (Howard, Arkport, Phelps)
Alcona
MI
Huron
1998,
current
1:20000
Lakeplains (Au Gres, Wakeley, Tawas, Lupton, Leafriver, Algonquin,
Negwegon, Springport); 2–6 mi inland to till plain
Alpena
MI
Huron
2004,
current
Lakeplains (Deford, Au Gres, Croswell, Tacoda, Tawas); beach ridges
(Proper, Deford, Rousseau); 0–4 mi inland; glacial lake benches (Namur,
Chippeny, Alpena)
Arenac
MI
Huron
1967,
current
Lakeplains (Roscommon, Au Gres, Deford, Croswell, Epoufette, Charity,
Pickford); beach ridges (Eastport); 20 + mi inland
Bay
MI
Huron
1980,
current
Lakeplains (Pipestone, Tobico, Rousseau); wave-washed till plain
(Tappan, Belleville, Londo, Poseyville); 0–2 mi inland lacustrine,
22 + wave-washed till
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1.2 History of Soils Investigations in the Great Lakes Region
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