IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Houghton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005MI037001
  • User Pedon ID: S2005MI037001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0400
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17439
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 42.8279639
  • Std. Longitude: -84.3859750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet north and 433 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Bath Township; 3 miles east of the village of Bath;
  • Map Unit: Ho—Houghton muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI037—Clinton
  • 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: MI037—Clinton County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42084-G4—Bath, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Calus
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, mesic Typic Haplohemists
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Houghton
  • PSC - 0 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Houghton
  • Taxonomic Class - Euic, mesic Typic Haplosaprists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 0 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/20/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: herbaceous organic material
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: depression on moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods begining in apr
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/20/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Joe Calus
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: drier than natural
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - yes
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    sapric soil materials

    aquic conditions

    0—203

    0—203

    —203—

    —203—
    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

    0

    130

    —

    247

    —

    801

    —

    146

    8.3

    20.3

    -4.3

    47

    —

    —

    —

    —

    204641

    Lansing Capital City AP

    COOP
    Oa1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2.5/0) broken face muck; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; Ksat of 23 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02205; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); black (N 2.5/0) broken face and very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) rubbed muck; weak medium granular structure; friable; Ksat of 23 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02206; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe1—33 to 81 centimeters (13.0 to 31.9 inches); black (5YR 2/1) broken face mucky peat; weak medium platy structure; friable; Ksat of 23 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02207; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe2—81 to 203 centimeters (31.9 to 79.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) broken face mucky peat; massive; friable; Ksat of 23 um/s; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 05N02208; wet when described; observed in push tube