IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968MI057002
  • User Pedon ID: S1968MI057002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1948
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36106
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 43.3494492
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4437943
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Map Unit: Ph—Parkhill loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI057—Gratiot
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI057—Gratiot County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43084-C4—Rathbone, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James E. Feenstra, John Long, R. Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • PSC - 23 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/2014
  • Classifier - Gano, Eric S.
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parkhill
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Argiaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 23 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1968
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—71

    —23—

    —48—
    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

    —

    —

    215

    —

    824

    —

    154

    8.1

    20.3

    -4.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    200146

    Alma

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; massive parts to weak coarse granular; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15490
    Btg1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15491. patchy - phpvsfiid 1298085; patchy - phpvsfiid 1298085
    Btg2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films; 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15492. patchy - phpvsfiid 1298086; patchy - phpvsfiid 1298086
    Btg3—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; coats on faces of peds and clay films in root channels and/or pores; 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15493. patchy - phpvsfiid 1298088; patchy - phpvsfiid 1298088
    BCg—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky parts to fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15494, 40A15495. 40A15495
    Cg—91 to 130 centimeters (35.8 to 51.2 inches); greenish gray (5G 6/1) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15496, 40A15497. 40A15497
    C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; thick platy parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15498, 40A15499. 40A15499