IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Midtown

User Site ID: S2012MI163016

User Pedon ID: S2012MI163016

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 # - 13N0549

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73173

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: 42.3450556

Std. Longitude: -83.0487472

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: City of Detroit

Map Unit: MidaaA—Midtown gravelly-artifactual 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: 42083-C1—Detroit, Michigan

PEDON

Describers Name: Joseph K. Calus, Eric S. Gano

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, spolic, mixed, semiactive, calcareous, mesic Anthroportic Udorthents

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 16

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Midtown (flagged as OSD)

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 11/1/2016

Classifier - Joseph K. Calus

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Mollic Epiaquepts

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, calcareous, mesic Mollic Epiaquepts

Taxon Kind - family

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 11/1/2012

Classifier - Joseph K. Calus

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: yes

SITE

Parent Material: loamy human-transported material over loamy till

Landscape: lake plain

Landform: water-lain moraine

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Pattern: artificial

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 11/1/2012 (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 - sunny

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
densic material	noncoherent	150 - 203	- 53 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon artifacts human-transported material cambic horizon aquic conditions densic materials	0—15 0—56 0—56 56—102 56—150 150—203	—15— —56— —56— —46— —94— —53—

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	—	—	189	—		862	—	183	10.1	21.9	-2.3	—	—	—	—	—	203477	Grosse Pointe Farms	COOP

^Au—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; gravelly-artifactual sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method and 6 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; 1 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-?-75 millimeter noxious artifacts of bitumen (asphalt) and 1 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-?-5 millimeter noxious artifacts of bitumen (asphalt) and 3 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 5-?-20 millimeter noxious artifacts of bitumen (asphalt); strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02569; moist when described; observed in pit, small

^Cu—15 to 56 centimeters (5.9 to 22.0 inches); 65 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) very gravelly-artifactual clay loam; massive; firm; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 4 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 4 percent coarse distinct moderately coherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method and 6 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; 4 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-?-75 millimeter noxious artifacts of bitumen (asphalt) and 8 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-?-75 millimeter noxious artifacts of bitumen (asphalt) and 4 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-?-75 millimeter innocuous artifacts of brick and 4 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-?-75 millimeter innocuous artifacts of brick; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02570; moist when described; observed in pit, small

BCgb—56 to 102 centimeters (22.0 to 40.2 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) sandy clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) fine roots between peds; 5 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method and 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02571; moist when described; observed in pit, small

C—102 to 150 centimeters (40.2 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; firm; few (0.5) fine roots in cracks; 10 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02572; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Cd—150 to 203 centimeters (59.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 4 percent medium prominent gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions in cracks; 5 percent very coarse distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate masses in cracks; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method and 4 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 13N02573; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket