IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kalkaska
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MI047001
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MI047001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966MI047001
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 94A - Kalkaska sand
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1971
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36129
  • User Project ID: 22624
  • Project Name: Emmet County, Michigan - Out-of-date
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 45.3810361
  • Std. Longitude: -84.7309500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1720 feet north and 200 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Springvale Township
  • Map Unit: KaB—Kalkaska sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI047—Emmet
  • MLRA: 94C—Northern Michigan Limestone Lake Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI047—Emmet County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45084-D6—Burt Lake, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Stanley D. Alfred, Robert W. Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kalkaska
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/18/2017
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kalkaska
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/2/1966
  • Classifier - Stanley D. Alfred
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: lakebed (relict)
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/2/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Adam G. Hyde
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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

    ACSA3

    PRSE2

    Acer saccharum

    Prunus serotina

    sugar maple

    black cherry

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    0—28

    5—28

    28—43

    —28—

    —23—

    —15—
    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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    —

    205

    —

    270

    786

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    159

    6.9

    18.3

    -4.9

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    206507

    Petoskey

    NWS COOP
    Oa—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) highly decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable; many (10.0) fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15666; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse sand; single grain; loose; few (0.5) fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15667; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bh—28 to 33 centimeters (11.0 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) coarse sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; many (10.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15668; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) coarse sand; weak coarse granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15669; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs—43 to 63 centimeters (16.9 to 24.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15670; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—63 to 100 centimeters (24.8 to 39.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15671; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—100 to 193 centimeters (39.4 to 76.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15672; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—193 to 230 centimeters (76.0 to 90.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15673; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C3—230 to 330 centimeters (90.6 to 129.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 40A15674; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket