IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marlette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013MI081001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013MI081001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2013MI081001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N97285
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74397
  • 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: 43.0833889
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7021667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4 of NW1/4
  • Map Unit: 36B—Filer loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI081—Kent
  • 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: MI081—Kent County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-F6—Woodville, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt Bromley, Marc Zucco
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlette
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/2014
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlette
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/2013
  • Classifier - Marc Zucco
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Agronomic Feature - tree or vine row with cover
  • Current Crop - apples
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: ice-margin complex
  • Landform: moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/29/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Matt Bromley, Marc Zucco
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop trees
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - yes
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    MALUS

    Malus

    apple

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

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    calcic horizon

    0—18

    18—30

    18—72

    72—203

    72—203

    —18—

    —12—

    —54—

    —131—

    —131—
    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

    2

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    253

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    18

    929

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    8.5

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong coarse granular structure; friable; many (5.0) very fine roots and common (3.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots; 5 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N12336; observed in pit, small
    B/E—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); variegated 80 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 20 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/3) clay loam, loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many (5.0) very fine roots and common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; few (0.5) fine vesicular pores; 30 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 13N12337; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1064115; continuous - phpvsfiid 1064115
    Bt1—30 to 50 centimeters (11.8 to 19.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; many (5.0) very fine roots and common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; few (0.5) fine vesicular pores; 100 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N12338; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1064116; continuous - phpvsfiid 1064116
    Bt2—50 to 72 centimeters (19.7 to 28.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; many (5.0) very fine roots and common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; few (0.5) fine vesicular pores; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 80 percent prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 30 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N12339; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1064117; continuous - phpvsfiid 1064120; continuous - phpvsfiid 1064117; continuous - phpvsfiid 1064120
    Btk—72 to 140 centimeters (28.3 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) clay loam; 25 percent clay; weak thin platy parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 80 percent distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 13N12340; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1064121; continuous - phpvsfiid 1064118; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1064121; continuous - phpvsfiid 1064118
    Bk—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) clay loam; 22 percent clay; firm; 50 percent prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 13N12341; observed in auger, bucket. continuous - phpvsfiid 1064119; continuous - phpvsfiid 1064119