IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kalkaska
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MI061003
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MI061003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966MI061003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1973
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36131
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 47.1111107
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5914459
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 54N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI061—Houghton
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI610—Houghton County Area, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47088-A5—Chassell, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Johnson
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kalkaska
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Typic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1966
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dead ice moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1966 (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

    EUSID

    Eusideroxylon

    ironwood

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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

    12

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    813

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    5.6

    16.7

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15685. roots are fibrous
    A2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); gray (5YR 5/1), gray (5YR 6/1), dry; sand; weak coarse granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15686
    B21h—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); 90 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) and 10 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to massive; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15687. 40A15692
    B22hir—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) sand; weak coarse granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15688
    B3—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; brittle; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15689
    C1—86 to 168 centimeters (33.9 to 66.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15690
    C2—168 to 312 centimeters (66.1 to 122.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15691. sampled with auger