IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boots
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015MI037003
  • User Pedon ID: S2015MI037003C
  • User Site Association ID: 2017GRR000
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0435
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82615
  • User Project ID: 2017GRR000
  • Project Name: DSP - MLRA 98 - Hydric Soils in Restored Wetlands
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 42.9248333
  • Std. Longitude: -84.5024722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Olive Township
  • Map Unit: Ho—Houghton muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI037—Clinton
  • 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: MI037—Clinton County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42084-H5—Saint Johns South, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Quisler and Carla Ahlschwede
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, mesic Typic Sulfihemists
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boots
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2017
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskego
  • Taxonomic Class - Coprogenous, euic, mesic Limnic Haplosaprists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/2015
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Phys Crust Subtype - none evident
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - none
  • Forest Understory Veg. Type - none
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Dominant - none
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Secondary - none
  • Agronomic Feature - inter-row, flat planted, no wheel track
  • Current Crop - rye
  • Litter Cover % - 18
  • Residue Description - soybean stubble and residue
  • RaCA Information:
  • Soil Replicate # - 3
  • Azimuth From Plot Center - 180
  • Distance From Plot Center - 30
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: herbaceous organic material over silty coprogenic material over silty marl
  • 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: 2015
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Soil Group ID - 3
  • DSP Plot ID - AM1
  • Plot Configuration - 30
  • Chain Plot Max. Width - 30
  • Chain Plot Max. Length - 87
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Matt Bromley, Jon Quisler
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Matt Bromley, Jon Quisler

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/17/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley, J. Quisler
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: drier than natural
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - yes
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oep

    Oe

    Oi1

    Oi2

    Oa

    Lco1

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    72

    92

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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

    Oep

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    72

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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 %

    Oep

    Oe

    Oi1

    Oi2

    Oa

    Lco1

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    26

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    92

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

    aquic conditions

    hemic soil materials

    fibric soil materials

    sulfidic materials

    coprogenous earth

    0—150

    0—45

    45—92

    72—92

    100—150

    —150—

    —45—

    —47—

    —20—

    —50—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    11/17/2015

    50

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    12.22
    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

    Oep

    Oep

    Oe

    Oi1

    Oi2

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    72

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    92

    core, constant volume

    scoop

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

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    Pedon Infiltration Summary
    Date Data Collector Infiltration Mean Infiltation Std. Dev. Test Method
    cm/hr

    11/17/2015

    Carla Ahlschwede

    111.5

    single ring falling head
    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

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    207280

    Saint Johns

    COOP
    Oep—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); black (N 2.5/), broken face and black (N 2.5/), rubbed mucky peat; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) very fine roots and very few (0.1) fine roots; fragments; a-8 AASHTO classification; pt unified classification; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N01818; observed in pit, small
    Oe—26 to 45 centimeters (10.2 to 17.7 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) broken face and black (5YR 2.5/1) rubbed mucky peat; weak thick platy structure; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots; fragments; a-8 AASHTO classification; pt unified classification; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N01819; observed in pit, small
    Oi1—45 to 72 centimeters (17.7 to 28.3 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face and black (7.5YR 2.5/1) rubbed peat; weak thick platy structure; friable; fragments; a-8 AASHTO classification; pt unified classification; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01820; observed in pit, small
    Oi2—72 to 92 centimeters (28.3 to 36.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed peat; structureless massive; friable; fragments; a-8 AASHTO classification; pt unified classification; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N01821; observed in pit, small
    Oa—92 to 100 centimeters (36.2 to 39.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) rubbed muck; structureless massive; friable; fragments; a-8 AASHTO classification; pt unified classification; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in macaulay sampler
    Lco1—100 to 122 centimeters (39.4 to 48.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face coprogenous mucky peat; structureless massive; friable; 12 percent by volume nonflat rounded very weakly coherent cemented 2-?-8 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in macaulay sampler
    Lco2—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and 40 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face coprogenous mucky peat; structureless massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in macaulay sampler