IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Blount
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1989MI025004
User Pedon ID:
1989MI025004
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
89P0317
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
61421
Print Date:
12/11/2024
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:
42.3593889
Std. Longitude:
-84.8484444
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
1S
Range:
5W
Section:
25
PLSS Details:
80 feet E and 1460 feet S of the NW corner
Location Description:
Lee township
Map Unit:
58B—Blount loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes
Country:
US—United States
State:
Michigan
County:
MI025—Calhoun
MLRA:
98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
Regional Office:
NE—Northeast
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MI025—Calhoun County, Michigan
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
42084-C7—Northwest Albion, Michigan
PEDON
Describers Name:
Steve Tardy, SS, John Reedstrom, Richard Neilson
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
TUD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
4
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Blount
PSC -
20 to 53 cm.
Classificaton Date -
1/23/2009
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
aquic
Moisture Subclass -
aeric
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Blount
Classificaton Date -
12/1/1989
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
till derived from mixed-calcareous
Landscape:
till plain
Landform:
moraine
Geomorphic Component Hills:
base slope
Hill Slope Profile:
toeslope
Drainage Pattern:
deranged
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/21/1989 (actual site observation date)
Data Collector:
STW
Microrelief Kind:
microdepression
Microrelief Elevation:
10
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
0—20
20—53
—-
—-
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
—
—
290
—
0
901
—
—
8.9
—
—
8
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P1751. common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout
Bt1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P1752. few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; common medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; common distinct 2.5Y62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 345691; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 345691
Bt2—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) distinct and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) coarse faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P1753. few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; common coarse faint 2.5Y52 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 345692; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 345692
Bt3—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P1754. few fine roots throughout; common medium distinct 10YR68 mottles; effervescence is continuous
C—53 to 152 centimeters (20.9 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate very coarse platy structure; firm; 15 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P1755. few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; common medium prominent 2.5Y52 mottles; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 345693; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 345693