IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wolcott
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MI157004
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MI157004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981MI157004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0787
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50181
  • User Project ID: 22665
  • Project Name: Tuscola County, Michigan - Update needed
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 43.5229000
  • Std. Longitude: -83.6660444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13 North
  • Range: 7 East
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet north and 1056 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Gilford Township
  • Map Unit: 36—Tappan loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI157—Tuscola
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI157—Tuscola County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43083-E6—Quanicassee, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wesley K. Mettert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wolcott
  • PSC - 31 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/2017
  • Classifier - Eric Gano
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tappan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/1981
  • Classifier - Wesley K. Mettert
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - corn
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: wave-worked till plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/6/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Wesley K. Metter
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—31

    31—43

    31—152

    —31—

    —12—

    —121—
    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

    —

    —

    180

    —

    812

    —

    125

    8.4

    20.4

    -4.4

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    —

    —

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    201299

    Caro WWTP

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 31 centimeters (0.0 to 12.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak fine to coarse granular structure; friable; common (3.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; some of brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) cinder fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04688
    Bg—31 to 43 centimeters (12.2 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 81P04689
    Cg—43 to 152 centimeters (16.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; massive; friable; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium faint gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 81P04690