IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kalkaska
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: U04MI131022
  • User Pedon ID: S2004MI131022
  • Vegetation Plot ID: U04MI131022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0192
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16687
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 46.4008980
  • Std. Longitude: -89.0332718
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 141F—PORKIES GRAVELLY SILT LOAM, 35 TO 70 PERCENT SLOPES, STONY
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 93B—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI612—Ontonagon County Area, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46089-D1—Trout Creek, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Wikgren
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kalkaska
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/2004 (entry creation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    3—15

    5—15

    15—66

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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

    3

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    140

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1), dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), dry; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 05N01083; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine to medium roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.3, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 05N01084; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine to medium roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.3, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 05N01085; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.9 medium and coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 05N01086; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.9 medium roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 05N01087; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—66 to 114 centimeters (26.0 to 44.9 inches); sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01088; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—114 to 254 centimeters (44.9 to 100.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; massive; very friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 05N01089; moist when described; observed in pit, small