IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ziegenfuss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012MI163015
  • User Pedon ID: S2012MI163015
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 99 - Wayne County Area, Michigan - Initial All PedonsMLRA 99 - Wayne County Area, Michigan - Initial Rep Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0548
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72786
  • User Project ID: FLI - INITIAL
  • Project Name: Wayne County Area, Michigan - Update
  • 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: 42.4420278
  • Std. Longitude: -82.9343444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: City of Harper Woods
  • Map Unit: ZfshaA—Ziegenfuss sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI163—Wayne
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI163—Wayne County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42082-D8—Grosse Pointe, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joseph K. Calus, Eric S. Gano
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Mollic Epiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ziegenfuss
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/2016
  • Classifier - Joseph K. Calus
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ziegenfuss
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, mesic Mollic Epiaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/2012
  • Classifier - Joseph K. Calus
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey human-transported material over clayey till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: wave-worked till plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/22/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Joseph K. Calus, Eric S. Gano
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    145 - 203

    - 58 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    human-transported material

    artifacts

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    densic materials

    0—8

    0—33

    8—33

    33—46

    46—145

    46—145

    145—203

    —8—

    —33—

    —25—

    —13—

    —99—

    —99—

    —58—
    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

    —

    —

    181

    —

    862

    —

    183

    10.1

    21.9

    -2.3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    203477

    Grosse Pointe Farms

    COOP
    ^A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; many (10.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02563; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); 70 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 10 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; 1 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 5-?-20 millimeter innocuous artifacts of glass; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02564; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ab—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) fine roots between peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02565; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Bgb1—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) fine roots between peds; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02566; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Bgb2—76 to 145 centimeters (29.9 to 57.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) very fine roots between peds; 25 percent coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02567; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cd—145 to 203 centimeters (57.1 to 79.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay; weak thin platy structure; very firm; 25 percent medium prominent gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate masses along lamina or strata surfaces; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 13N02568; moist when described; observed in push tube