IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grindstone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MI063003
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MI063003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1905
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36063
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 44.0366669
  • Std. Longitude: -82.9756851
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1210 feet N and 1180 feet W of the center
  • Map Unit: 4B—Grindstone loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI063—Huron
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI063—Huron County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44082-A8—Port Austin East, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Stroesenreuther, L. Linsemier, S. Cowan, and W. Frederick
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Glossaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grindstone (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 23 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/2015
  • Classifier - Joe Calus
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grindstone
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Glossaquic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 23 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1974
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till over dense loamy basal till
  • Landform: wave-worked till plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • 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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    69 - 178

    - 109 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    densic materials

    0—23

    23—51

    28—69

    69—178

    —23—

    —28—

    —41—

    —109—
    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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    830

    —

    160

    7.6

    19.5

    -4.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    200417

    Bad Axe

    COOP
    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-42-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-14-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15164
    B/E—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-14-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15165
    B/E—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy loam; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15165. horizon was originally B&A
    Bt—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds and faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 2 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-14-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15166
    BC—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-14-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15167
    Cd1—69 to 140 centimeters (27.2 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; strong thick platy structure; very firm; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-14-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-42-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15168
    Cd2—140 to 178 centimeters (55.1 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 2 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-42-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-14-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15169