IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frankenmuth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969MI115002
  • User Pedon ID: S1969MI115002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1964
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36122
  • User Project ID: 22649
  • Project Name: Monroe County, Michigan - Update needed
  • 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: 41.8157556
  • Std. Longitude: -83.4615417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8 South
  • Range: 8 East
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 2517 feet north and 2349 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Erie Township
  • Map Unit: 28A—Kibbie very fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI115—Monroe
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI115—Monroe County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41083-G4—Erie, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard L. Larson, Guy H. Earle Jr., Robert W. Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Frankenmuth
  • PSC - 23 to 54 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/2018
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kibbie
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 23 to 54 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/1969
  • Classifier - Richard L. Larson
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - corn, sweet
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: lakebed (relict)
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Robert W. Johnson
  • Air Photo ID: XW-1EE-9
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    0—23

    23—54

    23—159

    —23—

    —31—

    —136—
    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

    —

    —

    177

    —

    844

    —

    160

    9.6

    21.4

    -3.1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    338357

    Toledo Express AP

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; many (10.0) roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15612
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; many (10.0) roots; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds and faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions and 30 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15613. continuous - phpvsfiid 1633745; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1633746; continuous - phpvsfiid 1633745; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1633746
    Bt2—36 to 54 centimeters (14.2 to 21.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) coarse roots; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds and faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 30 percent coarse faint brown (10YR 5/3) iron depletions; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15614. continuous - phpvsfiid 1633747; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1633748; continuous - phpvsfiid 1633747; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1633748
    C—54 to 69 centimeters (21.3 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) very fine sand; weak thick platy structure; friable; few (0.5) coarse roots; 10 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions and 10 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) iron depletions; fragments; lamina of grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay 0.5 to 1 centimeter thick; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15615
    Cg1—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; moderate thick platy structure; friable; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; lamina of clay and very fine sand 0.25 to 2 centimeters thick; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15616
    Cg2—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15617
    C'—132 to 159 centimeters (52.0 to 62.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 20 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter. Lab sample # 40A15618