IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Remus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MI081003
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MI081003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979MI081003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S79MI-81-3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69553
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 43.0991944
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4159722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 910 ft S and 1240 ft W of the NE corner
  • Map Unit: 36D—Filer loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI081—Kent
  • 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: MI081—Kent County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-A4—Cannonsburg, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Trettin, K. Pregitzer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Remus
  • PSC - 50 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/28/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Owosso
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1979
  • Classifier - C. Trettin, K. Pregitzer
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/28/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACSA3

    QUAL

    QURU

    Acer saccharum

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    sugar maple

    white oak

    northern red oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—5

    5—25

    25—178

    50—178

    2—5—5

    16—20—28

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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

    5

    61

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    265.6

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    225

    900

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    8.5

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; many fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7951
    Bw1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine roots and few coarse roots; 9 percent by volume mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7952
    Bw2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few medium roots and common fine roots; 9 percent by volume mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7953
    E/B—25 to 50 centimeters (9.8 to 19.7 inches); 80 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam, loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 7 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7954
    B/Ex—50 to 70 centimeters (19.7 to 27.6 inches); 85 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam, sandy loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7955
    B/E1—70 to 113 centimeters (27.6 to 44.5 inches); 90 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 10 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) sandy clay loam, sandy loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; few medium roots and few fine roots; clay films; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7956. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 717512; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 717512
    B/E2—113 to 178 centimeters (44.5 to 70.1 inches); 85 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay loam, sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7957
    C—178 to 238 centimeters (70.1 to 93.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU7958