IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Croswell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010MI079001
  • User Pedon ID: S2010MI079001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010MI079001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0114
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37577
  • User Project ID: FLI - MLRA
  • Project Name: MLRA 94A - Croswell Project
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 44.7433806
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1261139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27 North
  • Range: 7 West
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 275 feet north and 1985 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Kalkaska Township
  • Map Unit: CswaaA—Croswell 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-F2—Kalkaska, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joseph K. Calus
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Croswell
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/2017
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Croswell
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/2010
  • Classifier - Jon M. Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Jon M. Quisler
  • 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

    ABBA

    GAPR2

    PIRE

    PIST

    POGR4

    PRSE2

    PTAQ

    Abies balsamea

    Gaultheria procumbens

    Pinus resinosa

    Pinus strobus

    Populus grandidentata

    Prunus serotina

    Pteridium aquilinum

    balsam fir

    eastern teaberry

    red pine

    eastern white pine

    bigtooth aspen

    black cherry

    western 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

    redox concentrations

    0—20

    8—20

    20—30

    81—140

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    —12—

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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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    320

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    847

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    99

    5.6

    18

    -7.4

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    203391

    Grayling

    COOP
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (N 2/),, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) medium roots and many (10.0) fine roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00537; observed in pit, small
    E—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) fine and medium roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 11N00538; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common (3.0) medium roots and few (0.5) fine roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 11N00539; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; single grain; loose; few (0.5) fine and medium roots; 3 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00540; observed in pit, small
    BC—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; few (0.5) fine roots; 3 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00541; observed in pit, small
    C1—81 to 140 centimeters (31.9 to 55.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; few (0.5) fine roots; 30 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00542; observed in auger, bucket
    C2—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N00543; observed in auger, bucket