IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sims
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967MI035002
  • User Pedon ID: S1967MI035002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967MI035002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1945
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36103
  • 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: 43.8897247
  • Std. Longitude: -84.6437988
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI035—Clare
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI035—Clare County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43084-H6—Browns Corners, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Stroesenreuther, A. Hyde, and E.P. Whiteside
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, nonacid, frigid Mollic Haplaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sims
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, nonacid, frigid Mollic Haplaquepts
  • 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

    ABBA

    ULMUS

    Abies balsamea

    Ulmus

    balsam fir

    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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15467
    A12—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15468
    B21g—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and gray (5Y 6/1) clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15469
    B22g—43 to 74 centimeters (16.9 to 29.1 inches); 60 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 60 percent gray (5Y 6/1) and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots; 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coats; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15470
    C1—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); 70 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 30 percent gray (5Y 6/1) clay loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15471
    C2—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) and 40 percent gray (5Y 6/1) clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; firm; gray (5Y 6/1) coats on faces of peds and light gray (N 7/0) coats on faces of peds and light gray (5Y 7/1) carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15472
    C3—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); 45 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 30 percent gray (5Y 6/1) and 25 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; gray (5Y 6/1) coats on faces of peds and light gray (N 7/0) coats on faces of peds and light gray (5Y 7/1) carbonate coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15473
    C4g—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); 60 percent gray (N 6/0) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; light gray (5Y 7/1) carbonate coats and 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coats; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15474
    C5g—163 to 180 centimeters (64.2 to 70.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; 1 percent weak red (10R 5/3) medium faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive parts to weak coarse angular blocky; firm; greenish gray (5GY 6/1) coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A15475