IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kalkaska
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MI061001
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MI061001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1972
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36130
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 47.0024986
  • Std. Longitude: -88.7925644
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 53N
  • Range: 35W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI061—Houghton
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI610—Houghton County Area, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47088-A7—Graveraet River, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Johnson and E.P. Whiteside
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • 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

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • 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
    • 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

    16.7

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15676
    A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); gray (5YR 5/1) and dark gray (5YR 4/1), gray (5YR 6/1), dry; loamy sand; weak medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15677
    B21hir—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) loamy sand; weak medium and coarse granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15678
    B22ir—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) loamy sand; weak medium and coarse granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15679
    B31—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sand; weak medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15680
    B32—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) sand; weak medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15681
    C1—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose, very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15682
    C2—152 to 229 centimeters (59.8 to 90.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15683
    C3—229 to 279 centimeters (90.2 to 109.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15684