IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marlette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013MI123001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013MI123001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N97287
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74399
  • 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: 43.5356611
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0157056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 1,405 feet south and 1,050 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Dayton Township. Site is in a corn stubble field.
  • Map Unit: 41B—Marlette loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI123—Newaygo
  • 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: MI123—Newaygo County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-E1—Hesperia, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Quisler, Matt Bromley
  • 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 - 24 to 74 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 - 24 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/2013
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/6/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Jon Quisler, Matt Bromley
  • 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
  • Current Air Temp - 23
  • Water Properties:
  • Water pH Method - unspecified
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    free carbonates

    0—24

    24—40

    24—81

    55—140

    102—210

    —24—

    —16—

    —57—

    —85—

    —108—
    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

    4

    —

    —

    261.2

    —

    4

    879

    —

    —

    7.7

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    —

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    Ap—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots and few (0.5) fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N12347; observed in pit, small
    B/E—24 to 40 centimeters (9.4 to 15.7 inches); variegated 83 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 17 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), 17 percent white (10YR 8/1), dry; clay loam, fine sandy loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots and few (0.5) fine roots and ; few (0.5) very fine pores; 23 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 18 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N12348; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—40 to 60 centimeters (15.7 to 23.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots and few (0.5) fine roots; few (0.5) very fine and few (0.5) fine pores; 45 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gray (7.5YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron on faces of peds and 15 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N12349; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—60 to 81 centimeters (23.6 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; 27 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots and few (0.5) fine roots; few (0.5) very fine pores; 30 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron on faces of peds and 4 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron on faces of peds and 12 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N12350; observed in pit, small
    BC—81 to 140 centimeters (31.9 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine pores; 5 percent prominent silt coats on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 4 percent coarse faint irregular noncoherent cemented pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 13N12351; observed in pit, small
    C—140 to 210 centimeters (55.1 to 82.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) clay loam; 20 percent clay; structureless massive; firm; coarse and 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 13N12352; observed in auger, bucket