IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Edwards
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999MI075001
  • User Pedon ID: 99MI075001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0633
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11492
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 42.2595556
  • Std. Longitude: -84.3795278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 924 feet south and 1320 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: in Blackson Twp.
  • Map Unit: 30—Edwards muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI075—Jackson
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI075—Jackson County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42084-C4—Jackson North, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kristin Bloser, William Bowman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Marly, euic, mesic Limnic Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Edwards (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2013
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Edwards
  • Taxonomic Class - Marly, euic, mesic Limnic Medisaprists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/1999
  • Classifier - William Bowman
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: organic material over marl
  • Landform: lakebed (relict) on moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Pattern: deranged
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Ksat Class Upper: high
  • Ksat Class Lower: moderately low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Will Bowman
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    sapric soil materials

    marl

    limnic materials

    0—61

    61—216

    61—216

    —61—

    —155—

    —155—
    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

    0

    —

    —

    291.8

    —

    782

    —

    156

    8.9

    21

    -3.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    204150

    Jackson Reynolds Field

    COOP
    Oa1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face and rubbed muck; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P04297. a trace of fiber unrubbed and rubbed.
    Oa2—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face and black (5YR 2/1) rubbed muck; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P04298. a trace of fiber rubbed.
    Oa3—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face and black (5YR 2/1) rubbed muck; weak fine platy structure; very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P04299. 35 percent fiber.
    Oa4—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); 50 percent very dark gray (5YR 3/1) and 50 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face and black (5YR 2/1) rubbed muck; weak fine platy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P04300. 25 percent fiber.
    Lma1—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches); 90 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) marly silty clay loam; massive; friable; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P04301. 2 inch strata of sapric material at 37 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of iron oxide accumulation around organic remnants.
    Lma2—102 to 216 centimeters (40.2 to 85.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) marly silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P04302. black (N 2/0) organic spots.