IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hillsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971MI045002
  • User Pedon ID: S1971MI045002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1907
  • User Project ID: 2024GRR023
  • Project Name: EVAL - MLRA 98 - Hillsdale sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 42.4252853
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8921432
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1220 feet N and 812 feet E of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: HaC—Hillsdale sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI045—Eaton
  • 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: MI045—Eaton County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42084-D8—Olivet, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.R. Sinclair, Jr. and G. Landtiser
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillsdale
  • PSC - 84 to 134 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2024
  • Classifier - Devon Brodie
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillsdale
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Glossoboric Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 84 to 134 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1971
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: medium
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F098XA015MI Dry Loamy Drift Plains Apr 22 2024 Devon Brodie

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: H.R. Sinclair, Jr. and G. Landtiser
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    free carbonates

    0—84

    84—191

    191—251

    —84—

    —107—

    —60—
    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

    10

    —

    —

    286.8

    —

    270

    861

    —

    145

    8.1

    19.9

    -4.4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    201476

    Charlotte

    NWS COOP
    A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15177
    A/B—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; loamy fine sand; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 1 percent clay films; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 40A15178
    A/B—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15178. horizon was originally A&B
    B/A—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter.
    B/A—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; loamy fine sand; fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A15179. horizon was originally B&A1
    B/E—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 75 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter.
    B/E—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; loamy fine sand; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15180. horizon was originally B&A2
    Bt1—84 to 127 centimeters (33.1 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; very pale brown (10YR 8/2) skeletans and 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15181
    Bt2—127 to 191 centimeters (50.0 to 75.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse and very coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 roots; 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15182
    BC—191 to 231 centimeters (75.2 to 90.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15183
    C—231 to 251 centimeters (90.9 to 98.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 40A15184