IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Schoolcraft
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001MI077001
  • User Pedon ID: S2001MI077001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0754
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15570
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 42.1281111
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6817500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4 S
  • Range: 12 W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet east and 50 feet north of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Kalamazoo County, Michigan; about 1/2 mile north and 1 1/2 miles west of Schoolcraft
  • Map Unit: SaA—Schoolcraft loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI077—Kalamazoo
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI077—Kalamazoo County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42085-B6—Schoolcraft NW, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex Brock, Greg Thoen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Schoolcraft (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Schoolcraft
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy outwash over sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain, terrace, valley train
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 56
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    36—107

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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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    273

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    225

    838

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    150

    9.4

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03793; observed in pit, small
    BE—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03794; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 80 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 80 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03795; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 80 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 80 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 14 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03796; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 40 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03797; observed in pit, small
    2Bt4—99 to 107 centimeters (39.0 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03798; observed in pit, small
    2BC1—107 to 150 centimeters (42.1 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03799; observed in pit, small
    2BC2—150 to 196 centimeters (59.1 to 77.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03800; observed in pit, small
    2C1—196 to 211 centimeters (77.2 to 83.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior sand; structureless single grain; very friable; 14 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03801; observed in pit, small
    2C2—211 to 241 centimeters (83.1 to 94.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 02N03802; observed in pit, small