IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Graycalm
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MI035004
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MI035004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MI035004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1930
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36088
  • User Project ID: 22620
  • Project Name: Clare County, Michigan - Update needed
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 43.8978250
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9727000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17 North
  • Range: 6 West
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 990 feet south and 990 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Garfield 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: 43084-H8—Lake George, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neil W. Stroesenreuther, Paul G. Corder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Isotic, frigid Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Graycalm
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/28/2014
  • Classifier - Joseph K. Calus
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Graycalm
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, frigid Alfic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/9/1974
  • 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 outwash
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: outwash 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: 10/9/1974 (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 - 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

    ACRU

    PIRE

    QUAL

    Acer rubrum

    Pinus resinosa

    Quercus alba

    red maple

    red pine

    white oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    lamellae

    0—8

    5—8

    81—163

    —8—

    —3—

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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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    334

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    180

    809

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    161

    8

    20.3

    -4.8

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    205662

    Central Michigan University

    COOP
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy sand; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15350; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) 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 4.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15351; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—8 to 14 centimeters (3.1 to 5.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15352; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—14 to 23 centimeters (5.5 to 9.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many (10.0) 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; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15353; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—23 to 45 centimeters (9.1 to 17.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) medium roots and many (10.0) fine roots; 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15354; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—45 to 81 centimeters (17.7 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; few (0.5) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15355; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt (Bt)—81 to 163 centimeters (31.9 to 64.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume , 3 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 , 3 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; occurs as of lamellae with a cummulative thickness of less than 15 centimeters; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 40A15357; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt (E)—81 to 163 centimeters (31.9 to 64.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam bodies occupy less than 10 percent of the horizon; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 40A15356; moist when described; observed in pit, small