IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Capac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: dense subsoil
  • User Site ID: S1971MI037001
  • User Pedon ID: S1971MI037001
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 99 - Capac soils on the Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1887
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36045
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 43.0164528
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4535167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7 North
  • Range: 1 West
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet north and 2140 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Ovid Township
  • Map Unit: CaA—Capac loam, Lake Michigan lobe, 0 to 4 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI037—Clinton
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI037—Clinton County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43084-A4—Ovid West, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Sinclair, Jr. and K. Pregitzer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Capac
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/13/2018
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Capac
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 31 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1971
  • Classifier - H. Sinclair, Jr. and Karl Pregitzer
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: H. Raymond Sinclair Jr., Karl E. Pregitzer
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    free carbonates

    densic materials

    0—23

    23—30

    23—79

    23—180

    23—180

    79—180

    142—180

    —23—

    —7—

    —56—

    —157—

    —157—

    —101—

    —38—
    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

    —

    —

    229.9

    —

    834

    —

    155

    8.7

    20.8

    -4.1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    207280

    Saint Johns

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face and dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 76-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15028. 2 to 19 mm is 50%; 19 to 76 mm is 50%
    B/E (E)—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) broken face, dry; loam; fragments.
    B/E (Bt)—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); 65 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 3 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; ; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15029. continuous - phpvsfiid 1263627; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263627
    Bt1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face and brown (7.5YR 4/4) rubbed loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films and 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans and 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans; black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent fine prominent greenish gray (5GY 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 3 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 76-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15030. 2 to 19 mm is 50%; 19 to 76 mm is 50%; the horizon has 65% with chroma of 3 or more; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263628; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263628
    Bt2—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots; 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films and 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films; black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine prominent greenish gray (5GY 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 3 percent fine prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 3 percent fine prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 3 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 76-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15031. 2 to 19 mm is 50%; 19 to 76 mm is 50%; the horizon has 65% with chroma of 3 or more; clear irregular boundary using soil structure; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263631; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263631
    C1—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed loam; massive parts to weak very thick platy parts to weak medium platy; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films; black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent fine prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 3 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15032. 40A15033 and 40A15034; 22% of horizon is gray tongues with red rim 0.5 to 1.0 cm thick; the diameter of the tongues including the red rim is 1.5, 2.0, 1.5, 2.0, 10.0, 14.0, 5.0, 2.5, and 6.0 cm, the red rims are strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), the gray tongues are gray (N 5/0), light gray (N 6/0 and N 7/0), white (N 8/0), and greenish gray (5GY 6/1); 65% of the horizon has a chroma of 3 or more; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263633; continuous - phpvsfiid 1263633
    C2—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed loam; massive parts to weak medium platy; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films; black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15035. 40A15036 and 40A15037; 33% of the horizon is gray tongues with red rim 0.5 to 1.0 cm thick, the diameter of the tongues including the red rim is 1.5, 2.0, 1.5, 2.0, 10.0, 14.0, 5.0, 2.5, and 6 cm, the red rims are strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), the gray tongues are gray (N 5/0), light gray (N 6/0 and N 7/0), white (N 8/0) and greenish gray (5GY 6/1); 8 to 35 inches thick for the C1 and C2 horizons
    Cd1—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face loam; massive parts to weak medium platy; friable; few (0.1) very fine roots; black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 3 percent fine prominent gray (N 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron and 3 percent fine prominent gray (N 6/), moist, masses of reduced iron and 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15038. the red rims are strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), the gray tongues are gray (N 5/0), light gray (N 6/0 and N 7/0), white (N 8/0), and greenish gray (5GY 6/1)
    Cd2—165 to 180 centimeters (65.0 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face loam; massive; friable; 3 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15039