IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): THOMAS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MI157005
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MI157005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981MI157005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0788
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50182
  • 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: 43.5808334
  • Std. Longitude: -83.5732117
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2330 feet west and 110 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI157—Tuscola
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI157—Tuscola County, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. K. Mettert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Histic Humaquepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - THOMAS
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/5/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thomas
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Histic Humaq
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/1981
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clay and silt loam lacustrine deposits over loam till
  • Landform: depressed lake plain
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/1981 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    GLMA4

    Glycine max

    soybean

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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

    1

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    181

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    812

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    125

    8.4

    20.4

    -4.4

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    201299

    Caro WWTP

    COOP
    Oap—0 to 31 centimeters (0.0 to 12.2 inches); black (N 2/0) rubbed and black (N 2/0) broken face highly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04691. Organic matter content is 20 0/0.
    Bg—31 to 61 centimeters (12.2 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; 21 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04692
    Bg—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium angular blocky, and weak fine columnar structure; firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04693
    C1—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) stratified loamy sand, silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; massive; slightly sticky; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C2—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; massive; slightly plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C3—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # 81P04694