IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Remus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MI107002
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MI107002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979MI107002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S79MI-107-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70293
  • 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: 43.5245833
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1309444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 231 feet N and 1584 feet W of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: 16C—Remus sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI107—Mecosta
  • 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: MI107—Mecosta County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-E2—Mecosta, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. Corder, G. LeMasters
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Remus
  • PSC - 64 to 114 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/22/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Remus
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Glossoboric Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1979
  • Classifier - P. Corder
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/22/2013 (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

    BEPA

    Acer saccharum

    Betula papyrifera

    sugar maple

    paper birch

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

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—14

    14—84

    64—140

    —14—

    —70—

    —76—
    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

    8

    30

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    310.6

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    135

    845

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    7.5

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    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    Oa—4 to 12 centimeters (1.6 to 4.7 inches); black (N 2/), highly decomposed plant material; moderate fine granular structure; friable; many fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU79306
    E—12 to 14 centimeters (4.7 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; few medium roots and common fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # MTU79307
    E/B—14 to 30 centimeters (5.5 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4); weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few medium roots and common fine roots; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79308
    E/Bx—30 to 64 centimeters (11.8 to 25.2 inches); 70 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy loam, sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; brittle; few medium roots between peds and few fine roots between peds; many fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU79309
    Bx/E—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); 80 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy clay loam, sandy loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and structureless massive; firm; brittle; few medium roots between peds and few fine roots between peds; 35 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79310
    Bt1—84 to 124 centimeters (33.1 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; few medium roots and few fine roots; 70 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU79311
    Bt2—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few medium roots and few fine roots; 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU79312
    C—140 to 162 centimeters (55.1 to 63.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; structureless massive; firm; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU79313