IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parkhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984MI057001
  • User Pedon ID: S1984MI057001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0563
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54807
  • 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: 43.3533325
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4447250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 85 feet S and 1330 feet E of NW corner
  • Location Description: Lafayette Twp Gratiot.
  • Map Unit: Ph—Parkhill loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI057—Gratiot
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI057—Gratiot County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43084-C4—Rathbone, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neil Stroesenruther, C. Fischer, Steve Tardy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, mesic Mollic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Parkhill
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/23/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parkhill
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Haplaquept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landform: wave-worked till plain on lake plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—23

    23—86

    23—152

    —23—

    —63—

    —129—
    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

    —

    —

    216

    —

    180

    824

    —

    154

    8.1

    20.3

    -4.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    200146

    Alma

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03093
    B/A—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 20 percent krotovinas (volume percent); neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03094
    Bg1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; gray (5Y 5/1), moist, coats; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03095
    Bg2—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent iron concretions and 25 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03096
    Cg1—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 40 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03097
    Cg2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior loam; massive; firm; 50 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 84P03098