IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MI059002
  • User Pedon ID: 88MI059002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0202
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61306
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 41.7508316
  • Std. Longitude: -84.7466660
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8S
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 760 feet W and 580 feet S of the NE corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI059—Hillsdale

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    90

    917

    —

    157

    8.9

    21

    -3.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    335438

    Montpelier

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01220
    Bt1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01221. many clay films surface features
    Bt2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01222. many clay films surface features; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 223895; continuous - phpvsfiid 223895
    Btk—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 37 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01223. common clay films surface features; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    C—79 to 145 centimeters (31.1 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very firm; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles