IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Avoca
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015MI163016
  • User Pedon ID: S2015MI163016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2015MI163016
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 99 - Wayne County Area, Michigan - Initial All PedonsMLRA 99 - Wayne County Area, Michigan - Initial Rep Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0160
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87726
  • User Project ID: FLI - INITIAL
  • Project Name: Wayne County Area, Michigan - Update
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 42.3949389
  • Std. Longitude: -83.1844639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1 South
  • Range: 11 East
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 2542 feet south and 1541 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: City of Detroit
  • Map Unit: AvouaB—Avoca-Urban land 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-D2—Royal Oak, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joseph K. Calus, Carla Ahlschwede
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, mesic Aquic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Avoca
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/2018
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Avoca
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy over loamy, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, mesic Aquic Udorthents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2015
  • Classifier - Joseph K. Calus
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy human-transported material over sandy glaciolacustrine deposits over loamy till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: water-lain moraine
  • 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: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Carla Ahlschwede
  • 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? - 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

    ACPL

    ACSA2

    CARYA

    MORU2

    Acer platanoides

    Acer saccharinum

    Carya

    Morus rubra

    Norway maple

    silver maple

    hybrid hickory

    red mulberry

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    104 - 203

    - 99 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    artifacts

    human-transported material

    anthropic epipedon

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    densic materials

    0—18

    0—31

    0—31

    0—31

    31—48

    56—104

    84—203

    104—203

    —18—

    —31—

    —31—

    —31—

    —17—

    —48—

    —119—

    —99—
    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

    —

    —

    197.4

    —

    858

    —

    161

    9.6

    21.6

    -2.9

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    —

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    202015

    Dearborn

    COOP
    ^Au—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; few (0.5) fine and medium roots throughout; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method and 2 percent by volume , 4 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method; 3 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 5-?-20 millimeter innocuous artifacts of glass; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00953; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    ^Cu—18 to 31 centimeters (7.1 to 12.2 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate coarse cloddy structure; friable; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method and 3 percent by volume , 4 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method; 2 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 5-?-20 millimeter innocuous artifacts of concrete; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00954; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Ab—31 to 48 centimeters (12.2 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 17N00955; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bwb1—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; 3 percent medium distinct weakly coherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) ortstein nodules in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 17N00956; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bwb2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 50 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions in matrix; 10 percent coarse prominent weakly coherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) ortstein nodules in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00957; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Cg—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); 85 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; massive; firm; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent fine faint gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions throughout; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method and 3 percent by volume , 4 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00958; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Cd—104 to 203 centimeters (40.9 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak thin platy structure; very firm; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron along lamina or strata surfaces and 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron along lamina or strata surfaces and 10 percent fine and medium prominent gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions in cracks; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method and 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method and 3 percent by volume , 4 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 17N00959; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry