IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parkhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984MI073001
  • User Pedon ID: S1984MI073001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0561
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54805
  • 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: 43.5103750
  • Std. Longitude: -84.6752778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 2065 feet W and 225 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: Coe Township
  • Map Unit: 39A—Londo loam, 0 to 3 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: 43084-E6—Shepherd, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neil Stroesenreuther, Steve Tardy, George Teachman
  • 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
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • 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 - grass/herbaceous 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—74

    23—152

    —23—

    —51—

    —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

    —

    —

    243

    —

    135

    809

    —

    161

    8

    20.3

    -4.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    205662

    Central Michigan University

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03081
    BE—23 to 31 centimeters (9.1 to 12.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03082
    Bg1—31 to 53 centimeters (12.2 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03083
    Bg2—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03084
    Cg1—74 to 114 centimeters (29.1 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior loam; massive; firm; 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/2) carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent greenish gray (5GY 6/1) iron depletions and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03085
    Cg2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior loam; massive; very firm; 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/2) carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent greenish gray (5G 6/1) iron depletions and 25 percent coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 84P03086