IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grayling
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MI041001
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MI041001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966MI041001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1922
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36080
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 45.8994408
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9227676
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 41N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI041—Delta
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI601—Delta County and Hiawatha National Forest of Alger and Schoolcraft Counties, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45086-H8—Rapid River, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grayling
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, frigid Typic Udipsamments
  • 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

  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: 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

    VACCI

    Pinus banksiana

    Vaccinium

    jack pine

    blueberry

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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

    3

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    737

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    5.6

    17.8

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (N 2/0) sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15290
    A3—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15291
    B21—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15292
    B22—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak coarse granular parts to single grain; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15293
    B3—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15294
    C1—56 to 173 centimeters (22.0 to 68.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15295
    C2—173 to 257 centimeters (68.1 to 101.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15296. not sampled
    C3—257 to 282 centimeters (101.2 to 111.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15297. not sampled
    C4—282 to 312 centimeters (111.0 to 122.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15298. not sampled