IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Remus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MI073001
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MI073001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980MI073001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S80MI-73-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71893
  • 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: 43.6237694
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0452833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 500 ft E and 300 ft S of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: 63D—Remus-Spinks complex, 12 to 18 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI073—Isabella
  • 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: MI073—Isabella County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-E1—Blanchard, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. LeMasters, B. McLeese, E. Johnson
  • 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: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Remus
  • PSC - 74 to 124 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/8/2013
  • 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 Typic Glossudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1980
  • Classifier - G. LeMasters, Bob McLeese, E. Johnson
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy outwash over fine-loamy till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: deranged
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/8/2013 (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

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    POGR4

    QUAL

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Populus grandidentata

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    sugar maple

    bigtooth aspen

    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

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—17

    74—152

    74—152

    —17—

    —78—

    —78—
    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

    4

    61

    —

    317.3

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    90

    809

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    161

    8

    20.3

    -4.8

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    205662

    Central Michigan University

    COOP
    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80179
    Oa—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); 10YR 2/ (10YR 2/), highly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many very fine roots and many fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80180
    E—11 to 17 centimeters (4.3 to 6.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) sandy loam; single grain; loose; common fine roots; 9 percent by volume mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80181
    Bw1—17 to 30 centimeters (6.7 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots and common medium roots and common fine roots and common coarse roots; 17 percent by volume mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80182
    Bw2—30 to 52 centimeters (11.8 to 20.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium roots and common coarse roots; 12 percent by volume mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80183
    E'—52 to 74 centimeters (20.5 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brittle; common very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 11 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MTU80184
    2E/B—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); variegated 82 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 18 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam, clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; few medium roots and few fine roots; common very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 40 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MTU80185
    2B/E—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); variegated 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 25 percent brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand, sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; few medium roots and few fine roots; common very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 40 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MTU80186
    2C—152 to 180 centimeters (59.8 to 70.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few medium roots and few fine roots; 18 percent by volume mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU80187