IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Newton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968MI139001
  • User Pedon ID: S1968MI139001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968MI139001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1951
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36109
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 42.9669495
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0849609
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI139—Ottawa
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI139—Ottawa County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42086-H1—Borculo, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Johnson and E. Pregitzer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Newton
  • PSC - 28 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/14/2020
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Granby
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 28 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1968
  • Classifier - R. Johnson, K. Pregitzer
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1968 (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

    ELRE4

    Elymus repens

    quackgrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    endosaturation

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

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    0—28

    28—155

    46—66

    91—99

    99—112

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    —28—

    —127—

    —20—

    —8—

    —13—
    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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    813

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    9.4

    20

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sand; weak coarse granular parts to fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15511
    A—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and black (10YR 2/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15512
    Bg1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint and 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coarse distinct and 21 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to massive; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15513
    Bg2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; sand; massive parts to single grain; nonsticky; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15514
    Bg3—91 to 99 centimeters (35.8 to 39.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sand; 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to massive; nonsticky; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15515
    C—99 to 112 centimeters (39.0 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 21 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly sticky; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15516
    Cg—112 to 155 centimeters (44.1 to 61.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15517