IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Adrian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MI057002
  • User Pedon ID: 1974MI057002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MI057002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1938
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36096
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 43.1675034
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4474106
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet E of Rawson road in NW 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI057—Gratiot
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI057—Gratiot County, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Stroesenreuther, J. Feenstra, D. Krause, and C.C. Wang
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Adrian
  • PSC - 97 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2013
  • Classifier - MZ
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Adrian
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy or sandy-skeletal, euic, mesic Terric Haplosaprists
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    TYPHA

    Typha

    cattail

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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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    834

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    155

    8.7

    20.8

    -4.1

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    207280

    Saint Johns

    COOP
    Oa1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15419
    Oa2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed; weak thin platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15420
    Oa3—38 to 81 centimeters (15.0 to 31.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face; weak thick platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15421
    Oa4—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15422
    2C—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15423