IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Midtown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013MI163017
  • User Pedon ID: S2013MI163017
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 99 - Wayne County Area, Michigan - Initial All Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0280
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82506
  • 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: 42.4131472
  • Std. Longitude: -83.0177500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1 South
  • Range: 12 East
  • Section: 15
  • Location Description: City of Detroit
  • Map Unit: AvoucB—Avoca-Urban land-Parkhill complex, 0 to 4 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-D1—Highland Park, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joseph K. Calus, Eric S. Gano, Jeffrey L. Howard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, spolic, mixed, semiactive, calcareous, mesic Anthroportic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Midtown
  • 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 Endoaquepts
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, calcareous, mesic Mollic Endoaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/2/2013
  • 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: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy human-transported material over loamy till 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: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/2/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Joseph K. Calus, Eric S. Gano, Jeffrey L. Howard
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    artifacts

    ochric epipedon

    human-transported material

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—58

    0—20

    0—58

    58—86

    86—124

    86—203

    132—203

    —58—

    —20—

    —58—

    —28—

    —38—

    —117—

    —71—
    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

    —

    —

    190

    —

    862

    —

    183

    10.1

    21.9

    -2.3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    203477

    Grosse Pointe Farms

    COOP
    ^Au—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; common (3.0) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; 1 percent by volume noncohesive persistent penetrable 5-?-20 millimeter innocuous artifacts of plasterboard and 2 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 5-?-20 millimeter innocuous artifacts of brick and 1 percent by volume noncohesive persistent penetrable 5-?-20 millimeter innocuous artifacts of concrete; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N01679; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu—20 to 58 centimeters (7.9 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 20 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; 3 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 20-?-75 millimeter innocuous artifacts of concrete; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N01680; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ab—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; few (0.5) medium roots throughout; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; 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; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N01681; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bgb—86 to 124 centimeters (33.9 to 48.8 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) medium roots throughout; 10 percent medium 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 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N01682; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—124 to 132 centimeters (48.8 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky parts to massive; firm; few (0.5) medium roots throughout; 10 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct 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 and 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 15N01683; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C—132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; massive; firm; 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions in cracks and 20 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 10 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate masses in cracks; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 15N01684; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket