IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sims
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967MI035001
  • User Pedon ID: S1967MI035001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967MI035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1962
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36120
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 43.8497238
  • Std. Longitude: -84.7918625
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI035—Clare
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI035—Clare County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43084-G7—Clare, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Stroesenreuther, A. Hyde, E.P. Whiteside
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sims
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed (calcareous) Fluvaquentic Haplaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1967
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1967 (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

    FRAXI

    ULMUS

    Fraxinus

    Ulmus

    ash

    elm

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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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    796

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    132

    7.4

    19.7

    -5.5

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    203170

    Gladwin

    COOP
    A11—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15596
    A12—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15597. the lower boundary has an average depth of 9 inches
    B21g—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium platy structure; very firm; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15598
    B22g—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3) clay; weak medium platy structure; very firm; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15599
    B23g—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse platy structure; very firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15600
    C1g—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15601
    C2g—99 to 119 centimeters (39.0 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; massive parts to weak coarse angular blocky; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15602
    C3g—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; massive parts to weak coarse angular blocky; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15603