IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boots
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014MI117001
  • User Pedon ID: S2014MI117001D
  • User Site Association ID: 2017GRR000
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0448
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79614
  • User Project ID: 2017GRR000
  • Project Name: DSP - MLRA 98 - Hydric Soils in Restored Wetlands
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 43.2558917
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1605056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2,280 feet north and 1,945 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Sidney Township
  • Map Unit: Ra—Rifle and Tawas peats, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI117—Montcalm
  • 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: MI117—Montcalm County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-C2—Langston, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt Bromley and Jon Quisler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, mesic Typic Haplohemists
  • 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 - Boots
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2017
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carlisle
  • Taxonomic Class - Euic, mesic Typic Haplosaprists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2014
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Phys Crust Subtype - none evident
  • RaCA Information:
  • Soil Replicate # - 4
  • Azimuth From Plot Center - 180
  • Distance From Plot Center - 30
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: woody and herbaceous organic material
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: depression on moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • Plot Estab. Year: 2014
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Soil Group ID - 4
  • DSP Plot ID - RR1
  • Plot Configuration - 30
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Matt Bromley and Jon Quisler
  • Plot or Site Recorder - J. Quisler, M. Bromley

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Matt Bromley and Jon Quisler
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: drier than natural
  • 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 - overcast
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oap

    Oe1

    Oe2

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    32

    55

    32

    55

    150

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oap

    Oe1

    Oe2

    0

    32

    55

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    55

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    6.1

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oap

    Oe1

    Oe2

    0

    32

    55

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

    sapric soil materials

    hemic soil materials

    0—32

    32—130

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    Pedon Horizon Bulk Density
    Horizon Depth to Top Depth to Bottom Method Data Collector Field Moist Volume Field Moist Sample Wt. Air Dry Sample Wt. Field Moist Co. Fragment Wt. Air Dry Fragment Wt. Fragment Density Coarse Fragment Volume Air Dry Subsample Wt. Oven Dry Subsample Wt. Grav Soil Moist % Whole Soil Grav Soil Moist % Fine Earth Bulk Density FM Fine Soil Bulk Density FM Whole Soill Bulk Density OD fINE Earth Bulk Density OD Fine Earth Bulk Density Satiated
    cm cm3 g g/cm3 cm3 g % g/cm3

    Oap

    Oap

    Oe1

    Oe2

    5

    0

    32

    55

    32

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    core, constant volume

    scoop

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    Matt Bromley

    Matt Bromley

    Matt Bromley

    Matt Bromley

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    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

    0.5

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    Oap—0 to 32 centimeters (0.0 to 12.6 inches); N 2.5/1 (N 2.5/1) broken face and N 2.5/1 (N 2.5/1) rubbed muck; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02274, 15N02335, 15N02336; observed in pit, small
    Oe1—32 to 55 centimeters (12.6 to 21.7 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face and very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) rubbed mucky peat; structureless massive; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded noncoherent cemented wood fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02275; observed in macaulay sampler
    Oe2—55 to 150 centimeters (21.7 to 59.1 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) broken face and black (5YR 2.5/1) rubbed mucky peat; structureless massive; very friable; 8 percent by volume nonflat rounded noncoherent cemented wood fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02276; observed in macaulay sampler