IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hillsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001MI149001
  • User Pedon ID: S2001MI149001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0759
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15575
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 41.9703611
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4885806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6 S
  • Range: 10 W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 60 feet west and 130 feet north of the SE corner
  • Location Description: St. Joseph County, Michigan; about 2 miles south and 1.5 miles west of Mendon
  • Map Unit: 10C—Hillsdale sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI149—St. Joseph
  • 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: MI149—St. Joseph County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-H4—Nottawa, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Will Bowman, Rex Brock, Greg Thoen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillsdale
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2024
  • Classifier - Devon Brodie
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hillsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy till
  • Landform: end moraine, ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Ksat Class Lower: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F098XA015MI Dry Loamy Drift Plains Apr 22 2024 Devon Brodie

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Will Bowman, Rex Brock, Greg Thoen
  • Air Photo ID: 22
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    36—112

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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

    4

    —

    —

    266

    —

    270

    900

    —

    155

    9

    21.2

    -3.3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    208184

    Three Rivers

    NWS COOP
    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) rubbed, dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03831; observed in pit, small
    EB—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03832; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 75 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03833; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots throughout; 40 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03836; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume subangular 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter.; observed in pit, small
    BC1—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter.; observed in pit, small
    BC2—147 to 198 centimeters (57.9 to 78.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sandy loam; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter.; observed in pit, small
    BC3—198 to 213 centimeters (78.0 to 83.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter.; observed in pit, small