IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gauld
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997MI079001
  • User Pedon ID: S1997MI079001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1997MI079001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0094
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10366
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 44.5231389
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3130889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1250 feet south and 185 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Springfield Township.
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI079—Kalkaska
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI079—Kalkaska County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44085-E3—Fife Lake, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gauld
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gauld
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Aquic Haploboroll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    ALNUS

    FRNI

    POTR5

    SALIX

    Alnus

    Fraxinus nigra

    Populus tremuloides

    Salix

    alder

    black ash

    quaking aspen

    willow

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—23

    23—55

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    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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    782

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    112

    6

    18.2

    -6.8

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    204502

    Lake City Exp Farm

    COOP
    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2/0), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00584
    Bw1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00585. Many fine faint gray (2.5Y 6/1) masses of iron depletions with sharp boundaries along root channels and on ped faces.
    Bg2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 21 percent coarse dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00586. Iron masses have sharp boundaries and many fine faint gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on ped faces.
    Cg—56 to 97 centimeters (22.0 to 38.2 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) stratified sandy loam to stratified silt to stratified sand to silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P00587. Many medium fine light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions on ped faces.
    2C—97 to 203 centimeters (38.2 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) stratified sand to sandy loam; single grain; loose; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P00588