IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Filer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MI057001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MI057001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MI057001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1911
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36069
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 43.4186134
  • Std. Longitude: -84.7660294
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1072 feet N and 205 feet E of the SW corner of NW 1/4
  • Map Unit: MaB—Marlette sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI057—Gratiot
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI057—Gratiot County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43084-D7—Riverdale, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.R. Sinclair, Jr. and K. Pregitzer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Haplic Glossudalfs
  • 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
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Filer
  • PSC - 26 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/13/2014
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlette
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Glossoboric Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1970
  • Classifier - H.R. Sinclair, Jr. and K. Pregitzer
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    AMBRO

    ELRE4

    Ambrosia

    Elymus repens

    ragweed

    quackgrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    0—26

    26—86

    26—39

    —26—

    —60—

    —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

    2

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    254

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    822

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    8.1

    18.9

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15208. this horizon contains 7 percent material from the subhorizons
    E—18 to 26 centimeters (7.1 to 10.2 inches); variegated 60 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium platy parts to moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-76 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A15209
    B/E—26 to 39 centimeters (10.2 to 15.4 inches); variegated brown (7.5YR 5/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), white (10YR 8/1), dry; fine sandy loam, loamy sand; weak coarse angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15210. continuous - phpvsfiid 1231335; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231335
    Bt1—39 to 64 centimeters (15.4 to 25.2 inches); variegated strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), white (10YR 8/1), dry; sandy clay loam, loamy sand; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; olive (5Y 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent black (N 2/0) black stains on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-76 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15211. continuous - phpvsfiid 1231336; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231336
    Bt2—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; sandy clay loam, loamy sand; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15212. continuous - phpvsfiid 1231338; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231338
    BC—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; fine sandy loam, loamy sand; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-76 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15213. continuous - phpvsfiid 1231339; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231339
    C—109 to 153 centimeters (42.9 to 60.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak coarse subangular blocky; friable; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15214