IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Granby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971MI163001
  • User Pedon ID: S1971MI163001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1949
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36107
  • User Project ID: FLI - INITIAL
  • Project Name: Wayne County Area, Michigan - Update
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 42.0903083
  • Std. Longitude: -83.5235083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4 South
  • Range: 8 East
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Sumpter Township
  • Map Unit: Gr—Granby loamy fine sand
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI163—Wayne
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI163—Wayne County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42083-A5—Maybee, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry D. Larson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Granby
  • PSC - 26 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/2017
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Granby
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1971
  • Classifier - Jerry D. Larson
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: glacial drainage channel
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Jerry D. Larson
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    0—26

    26—152

    —26—

    —126—
    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

    0

    —

    —

    198

    —

    836

    —

    175

    9.6

    21.6

    -2.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    COOP
    Ap—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; many (10.0) very fine and fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15500
    Bw—26 to 38 centimeters (10.2 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 1 percent fine prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) iron depletions and 3 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15501
    Cg1—38 to 127 centimeters (15.0 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15502
    Cg2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 40A15503