IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Graycalm
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MI079005
  • User Pedon ID: S1992MI079005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0809
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66152
  • User Project ID: 22636
  • Project Name: Kalkaska County, Michigan - Published
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 44.6262111
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2157111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26 North
  • Range: 8 West
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 60 feet north and 1300 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Boardman Township
  • Map Unit: 402B—Islandlake loamy sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI079—Kalkaska
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI079—Kalkaska County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44085-F2—Kalkaska, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joseph K. Calus
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Graycalm
  • PSC - 28 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/22/2017
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Karlin
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Entic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 28 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/1992
  • Classifier - Joseph K. Calus
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - fifth edition
  • 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: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Joseph K. Calus
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop trees
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    0—28

    64—114

    —28—

    —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

    3

    —

    —

    345

    —

    768

    —

    139

    7.4

    19.5

    -5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    208251

    Traverse City Cherry Capital AP

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05606; moist when described;
    Bs1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 4 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05607; moist when described;
    Bs2—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described;
    E and Bt—64 to 114 centimeters (25.2 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loamy sand lamellae (Bt); slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described;
    C—114 to 203 centimeters (44.9 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8.; moist when described;