IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Croswell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1990MI039011
  • User Pedon ID: S2010MI039001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010MI039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0113
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37576
  • User Project ID: FLI - MLRA
  • Project Name: MLRA 94A - Croswell Project
  • 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: 44.8163444
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4175000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28 North
  • Range: 1 West
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1610 feet north and 1620 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Lovells Township
  • Map Unit: 15A—Croswell-Au Gres sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI039—Crawford
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI039—Crawford County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44084-G4—Lovells, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John O. Werlein, Jon M. Quisler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Croswell (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/3/2012
  • Classifier - Joseph K. Calus
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Croswell (flagged as OSD)
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/2010
  • Classifier - Jon M. Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh 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: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/2010 (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 - conifers
  • 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

    PIBA2

    PIRE

    PRSE2

    Pinus banksiana

    Pinus resinosa

    Prunus serotina

    jack pine

    red pine

    black cherry

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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—13

    5—13

    13—41

    64—203

    —13—

    —8—

    —28—

    —139—
    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

    2

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    354

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    225

    847

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    99

    5.6

    18

    -7.4

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    203391

    Grayling

    COOP
    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    A—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; many (10.0) fine and medium roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; fragments; 30 percent of uncoated sand grains; extremely acid, pH 3.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00531; moist when described;
    E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; many (10.0) fine and medium roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00532; moist when described;
    Bs1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common (3.0) fine and medium roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00533; moist when described;
    Bs2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common (3.0) fine and medium roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00534; moist when described;
    BC—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; common (3.0) fine and medium roots; 10 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00535; moist when described;
    C—76 to 203 centimeters (29.9 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N00536; moist when described;