IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kalkaska
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MI013002
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MI013002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966MI013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1970
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36128
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 46.6597214
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5919952
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 49N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI013—Baraga
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI913—Baraga County Area, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46088-F5—Baraga Plains, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.P. Whiteside
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kalkaska
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Typic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1966
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIBA2

    QUERC

    Pinus banksiana

    Quercus

    jack pine

    oak

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    813

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    5.6

    16.1

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    O2orA1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1); weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15659
    A2—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; sand; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15660
    B21hir—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15661
    B22ir—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sand; weak medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15662
    B3—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) sand; weak thick platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; brittle; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15663
    C1—79 to 183 centimeters (31.1 to 72.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15664
    2C2—183 to 305 centimeters (72.0 to 120.1 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) very fine sand, silt; massive; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15665. auger sample