IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Graycalm
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MI001001
  • User Pedon ID: S1988MI001001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988MI001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0331
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61435
  • User Project ID: 22608
  • Project Name: Alcona County, Michigan - Published
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 44.5591028
  • Std. Longitude: -83.8276250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25 North
  • Range: 5 East
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 2372 feet north and 153 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Curtis Township
  • Map Unit: 16B—Graycalm sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI001—Alcona
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI001—Alcona County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44083-E7—Alcona Dam Pond, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Thomas E. Williams, Dwight S. Jerome
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Graycalm
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/20/2014
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • 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 - 11/7/1988
  • Classifier - Thomas E. William
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - third edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: glacial drainage channel
  • 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: 11/7/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Dwight S. Jerome
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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

    2GN

    ARUV

    PIRE

    PTAQ

    QUAL

    QUVE

    VAAN

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    Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

    Pinus resinosa

    Pteridium aquilinum

    Quercus alba

    Quercus velutina

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    grass, native

    kinnikinnick

    red pine

    western brackenfern

    white oak

    black oak

    lowbush blueberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    0—3

    117—198

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    —81—
    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

    2

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    277

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    135

    735

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    134

    6.9

    19.1

    -5.9

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    203529

    Hale Loud Dam

    COOP
    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (N 2.5/),, very dark gray (N 3/),, dry; sand; weak coarse granular structure; friable; many (10.0) fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01837; moist when described;
    Bw1—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; many (10.0) fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01838; moist when described;
    Bw2—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) medium roots throughout and many (10.0) fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01839; moist when described;
    Bw3—36 to 117 centimeters (14.2 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01840; moist when described;
    E&Bt (Bt)—117 to 198 centimeters (46.1 to 78.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; occurs as lamellae of 6 to 13 millimeters thick with a cumulative thickness of 7.6 centimeters.; moist when described;
    E&Bt (E)—117 to 198 centimeters (46.1 to 78.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01841; moist when described;
    C—198 to 305 centimeters (78.0 to 120.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) stratified stratified coarse sand to sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2.; moist when described;