IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Graycalm
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MI035001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MI035001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MI035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1928
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36086
  • User Project ID: 22620
  • Project Name: Clare County, Michigan - Update needed
  • 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: 44.1492806
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8381306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20 North
  • Range: 4 West
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet north and 2310 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Frost Township
  • Map Unit: GycaaB—Graycalm sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI035—Clare
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI035—Clare County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44084-B7—Cooperton, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neil W. Stroesenreuther, Paul G. Corder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Graycalm (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/9/2015
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Graycalm (flagged as OSD)
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, frigid Alfic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1974
  • Classifier - Neil W. Stroesenreuther
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: till-floored lake plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Paul G. Corder
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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

    COMPT

    POTR5

    QURU

    Comptonia

    Populus tremuloides

    Quercus rubra

    sweet fern

    quaking aspen

    northern red oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    0—7

    88—152

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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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    342

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    90

    748

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    87

    5.8

    17.9

    -6.8

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    203932

    Houghton Lake 6 WSW

    COOP
    A—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loamy sand; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; many (10.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15337; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—7 to 15 centimeters (2.8 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 20-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15338; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—15 to 34 centimeters (5.9 to 13.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 20-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15339; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—34 to 56 centimeters (13.4 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; few (0.5) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15340; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—56 to 88 centimeters (22.0 to 34.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; very few (0.1) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 20-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A15341; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt (Bt)—88 to 152 centimeters (34.6 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) coarse sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 20-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; occurs as lamellae of 0.6 to 5 centimeters thick with a cumulative thickness of 13 centimeters; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 40A15343; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt (E)—88 to 152 centimeters (34.6 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 20-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume , 4 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 40A15342; moist when described; observed in pit, small