IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Melita
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MI079004
  • User Pedon ID: S1993MI079004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0808
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66151
  • 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: 44.7861694
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0694889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet east and 20 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Coldspring Township.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI079—Kalkaska
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI079—Kalkaska County, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Melita
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    847

    —

    99

    5.6

    18

    -7.4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    203391

    Grayling

    COOP
    B/E—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P05604
    B/E—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy sand; fragments. Lab sample # 93P05604
    C—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; massive; firm; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 93P05605