IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Graycalm
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MI035002
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MI035002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MI035002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1929
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36087
  • User Project ID: 22620
  • Project Name: Clare County, Michigan - Update needed
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 44.1602750
  • Std. Longitude: -84.6238222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20 North
  • Range: 3 West
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet south and 858 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Franklin Township
  • Map Unit: GycaaB—Graycalm sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI035—Clare
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI035—Clare County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44084-B5—Meredith, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neil W. Stroesenreuther, Paul G. Corder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Isotic, frigid Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Graycalm
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/28/2014
  • Classifier - Joseph K. Calus
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Graycalm
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, frigid Alfic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/1974
  • Classifier - Neil W. Stroesenreuther
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: kame moraine
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Paul G. Corder
  • 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

    POTR5

    QUEL

    Populus tremuloides

    Quercus ellipsoidalis

    quaking aspen

    northern pin oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    0—6

    102—152

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    —50—
    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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    —

    374

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    90

    722

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    127

    6.4

    18.6

    -6.5

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    203936

    Houghton Lake Roscommon County AP

    COOP
    A/E—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; sand; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; many (10.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15344; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15345; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15346; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—25 to 49 centimeters (9.8 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; few (0.5) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15347; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—49 to 102 centimeters (19.3 to 40.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 20-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A15348; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt (Bt)—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; occurs as of lamellae with a cummulative thickness of 2 to 5 centimeters.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt (E)—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # 40A15349; moist when described; observed in pit, small