IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kalkaska
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MI079008
  • User Pedon ID: S1993MI079008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MI079008
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 94A - Kalkaska sand
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0092
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66280
  • User Project ID: 22636
  • Project Name: Kalkaska County, Michigan - Published
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 44.8204167
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1116667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet north and 100 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Rapid River Township
  • Map Unit: 49B—Kalkaska 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-G1—Westwood, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Thomas J. Bauer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kalkaska (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 27 to 102 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 - Kalkaska (flagged as OSD)
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/1993
  • Classifier - Thomas J. Bauer
  • 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 outwash
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/20/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Thomas J. Bauer
  • 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

    ACSA3

    ERAM5

    ERRO5

    FAGR

    PIST

    POTR5

    TSCA

    Acer saccharum

    Erythronium americanum

    Erythronium rostratum

    Fagus grandifolia

    Pinus strobus

    Populus tremuloides

    Tsuga canadensis

    sugar maple

    dogtooth violet

    yellow troutlily

    American beech

    eastern white pine

    quaking aspen

    eastern hemlock

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    0—13

    5—13

    13—91

    —13—

    —8—

    —78—
    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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    339

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    270

    813

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    118

    7.1

    18.8

    -5.1

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    NWS COOP
    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    A—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1), black (10YR 2/1), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) medium and coarse roots and many (10.0) fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00694; moist when described;
    E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) medium and coarse roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P00695; moist when described;
    Bhs—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) medium and coarse roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P00696; moist when described;
    Bs1—18 to 56 centimeters (7.1 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) fine and medium roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00697; moist when described;
    Bs2—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00698; moist when described;
    BC—91 to 130 centimeters (35.8 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00699; moist when described;
    C—130 to 205 centimeters (51.2 to 80.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 94P00700; moist when described;