IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Houghton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MI045001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MI045001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1935
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36093
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 42.6858406
  • Std. Longitude: -84.7204742
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1130 feet N and 125 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Onieda Township
  • Map Unit: HgtahA—Houghton muck, 0 to 1 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-F6—Dimondale, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Stroesenreuther, E. Whiteside, and R. Engel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, mesic Typic Haplosaprists
  • 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Houghton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2016
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Houghton
  • Taxonomic Class - Euic, mesic Typic Medisaprists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1974
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: herbaceous organic material
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: depression on outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Neil Stroesenreuther, E.P. Whiteside, and Robert Engel
  • Hydrology Status: drier than natural
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - yes
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oap

    Oa1

    Oa2

    Oa3

    Oa4

    Lco

    Lma

    Cg

    0

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    56

    160

    196

    249

    274

    4830

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    56

    160

    196

    249

    274

    483

    508

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    N. Stroesenreuther, E.P. Whiteside, & R. Engel

    N. Stroesenreuther, E.P. Whiteside, & R. Engel

    N. Stroesenreuther, E.P. Whiteside, & R. Engel

    N. Stroesenreuther, E.P. Whiteside, & R. Engel

    N. Stroesenreuther, E.P. Whiteside, & R. Engel

    N. Stroesenreuther, E.P. Whiteside, & R. Engel

    N. Stroesenreuther, E.P. Whiteside, & R. Engel

    N. Stroesenreuther, E.P. Whiteside, & R. Engel

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oap

    Oa1

    Oa2

    Oa3

    Oa4

    Lco

    Lma

    Cg

    0

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    56

    160

    196

    249

    274

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oap

    Oa1

    Oa2

    Oa3

    Oa4

    Lco

    Lma

    Cg

    0

    25

    56

    160

    196

    249

    274

    4830

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    196

    249

    274

    483

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

    sapric soil materials

    aquic conditions

    0—130

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    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

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    259.1

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    857

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    8.6

    20.6

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    Oap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed muck; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15395
    Oa1—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed muck; weak thick platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15396
    Oa2—56 to 160 centimeters (22.0 to 63.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed muck; weak thick platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15397
    Oa3—160 to 196 centimeters (63.0 to 77.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed muck; weak thick platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15398
    Oa4—196 to 249 centimeters (77.2 to 98.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face muck; weak thick platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15399
    Lco—249 to 274 centimeters (98.0 to 107.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed coprogenous earth; massive; friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15400
    Lma—274 to 483 centimeters (107.9 to 190.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) broken face marl; massive; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15401. 40A15402
    Cg—483 to 508 centimeters (190.2 to 200.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) broken face silt loam; massive; slightly sticky; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15403