IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parkhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008MI057007
  • User Pedon ID: S2008MI057007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1086
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24886
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 43.3281639
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4609361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 North
  • Range: 1 West
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 2699 feet north and 2274 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Lafayette Township
  • 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: Joseph K. Calus, Dan J. Wing
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Epiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Parkhill
  • PSC - 28 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/2017
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wolcott
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Epiaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 28 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/8/2008
  • Classifier - Joseph K. Calus
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: wave-worked till plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods begining in apr
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent 2- to 75-millimeter mixed, 0.50 percent 75- to 250-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/4/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Dan J. Wing
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    127 - 203

    - 76 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    densic materials

    0—28

    28—64

    28—127

    127—203

    —28—

    —36—

    —99—

    —76—
    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

    —

    —

    217

    —

    824

    —

    154

    8.1

    20.3

    -4.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    200146

    Alma

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; many (10.0) medium roots throughout; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04287; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; many (10.0) fine and medium roots throughout; 30 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1) pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 60 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04288; dry when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1422179; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1422180; continuous - phpvsfiid 1422179; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1422180
    Bg2—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1) pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 60 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 10 percent fine and medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 11 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04289; dry when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1422181; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1422182; continuous - phpvsfiid 1422181; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1422182
    BCg—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to massive; slightly hard; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint gray (2.5Y 5/1) pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 5 percent of medium distinct white (2.5Y 8/1) masses of geogenic calcium carbonate in cracks; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04290; dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1422175; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1422175
    Cg—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; loam; massive; friable; 10 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 6 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 2 percent of medium distinct white (2.5Y 8/1) masses of geogenic calcium carbonate in cracks; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04291; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; moderate medium platy structure; extremely firm; 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions with clear boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 09N04292; moist when described; observed in pit, small. structure is geogenic and not pedogenic