IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marlette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MI057002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MI057002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1910
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36068
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 43.3505592
  • Std. Longitude: -84.7326965
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 1030 feet E and 125 feet N of the SW corner of SE 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-C6—Alma South, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.R. Sinclair, Jr. and K. Pregitzer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • 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 - Marlette
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/13/2014
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • 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: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1970 (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

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—36

    36—51

    36—86

    86—152

    86—152

    —36—

    —15—

    —50—

    —66—

    —66—
    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

    —

    —

    233.8

    —

    825

    —

    —

    8.2

    18.9

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    —

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    —

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-76 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15201
    E—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sandy loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A15202. the A2 horizon contains a few remnants of yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) B material
    B/E—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; sandy clay loam, fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-76 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15203. continuous - phpvsfiid 1231345; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231345
    Bt1—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); variegated brown (7.5YR 5/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), white (10YR 8/1), dry; clay loam, sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; brown (10YR 4/3) clay films and 10 percent black (N 2/0) black stains on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15204. continuous - phpvsfiid 1231346; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231346
    Bt2—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); variegated strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films and brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films and coats on faces of peds and 10 percent black (N 2/0) black stains on faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15205. continuous - phpvsfiid 1231348; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231349; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231348; continuous - phpvsfiid 1231349
    C1—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15206
    C2—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15207