IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kaleva
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995MI019004
  • User Pedon ID: S1995MI019004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995MI019004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0528
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67546
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 44.6017667
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8586361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 450 feet north and 360 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Inland Township
  • Map Unit: 54C—Kaleva sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI019—Benzie
  • MLRA: 96—Northwestern Michigan Fruit Belt
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI614—Benzie and Manistee Counties, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44085-E7—Karlin, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JKC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, mesic Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kaleva
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/2/2016
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grattan
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 4/25/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: dune
  • Microfeature: mound
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/25/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 75
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PTERI

    Pteridium

    brackenfern

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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—37

    17—37

    37—52

    —37—

    —20—

    —15—
    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

    —

    —

    258

    —

    45

    768

    —

    139

    7.4

    19.5

    -5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    208251

    Traverse City Cherry Capital AP

    COOP
    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); interior moderately decomposed plant material; noncoherent; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—2 to 17 centimeters (0.8 to 6.7 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable, noncoherent, nonplastic; 21.0 fine and medium roots top of horizon; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03991
    E—17 to 37 centimeters (6.7 to 14.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable, noncoherent, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; extremely acid, pH 3.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03992
    Bhs—37 to 43 centimeters (14.6 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, weakly cemented by humus, nonplastic; brittle; 21.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P03993
    Bs1—43 to 52 centimeters (16.9 to 20.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, weakly cemented by humus, nonplastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P03994
    Bs2—52 to 74 centimeters (20.5 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, weakly cemented by humus, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P03995
    BC—74 to 87 centimeters (29.1 to 34.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose, noncoherent, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P03996
    C—87 centimeters (34.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior sand; single grain; loose, noncoherent, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 95P03997