IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grayling
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MI031001
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MI031001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966MI031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1921
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36079
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 45.3899972
  • Std. Longitude: -84.5358222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Map Unit: 12B—Grayling sand, 0 to 8 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI031—Cheboygan
  • MLRA: 94C—Northern Michigan Limestone Lake Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI031—Cheboygan County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45084-D5—Indian River, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Alfred, R. Johnson, and N. Stroesenreuther
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Isotic, frigid Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grayling
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grayling
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1966 (actual site observation 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    COPE80

    PRVI

    PTERI

    QUEL

    Comptonia peregrina

    Prunus virginiana

    Pteridium

    Quercus ellipsoidalis

    sweet fern

    chokecherry

    brackenfern

    northern pin oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—8

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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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    213

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    737

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    115

    6.7

    17.8

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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many (6.0) fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15282; observed in pit, small
    AB—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable; many (6.0) fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15283; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15284; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; sand; structureless single grain; loose; common (3.0) fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15285; observed in pit, small
    BC—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellow (10YR 7/6), dry; sand; structureless single grain; loose; few (0.5) fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15286; observed in pit, small
    C1—56 to 112 centimeters (22.0 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15287; observed in pit, small
    C2—112 to 168 centimeters (44.1 to 66.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15288; observed in pit, small
    C3—168 to 310 centimeters (66.1 to 122.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15289; observed in auger, bucket