IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rapson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016MI157001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016MI157001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0393
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87656
  • User Project ID: FLI - LAB
  • Project Name: MLRA 99 - Flint - Lab Characterization FY2015 NRI Cropland Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP)
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 43.3074750
  • Std. Longitude: -83.5878028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 0.47
  • GPS - PDOP: 2
  • Township: 11 North
  • Range: 7 East
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 97 feet north and 1201 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Tuscola Township
  • Map Unit: 71A—Rapson loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI157—Tuscola
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI157—Tuscola County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43083-C5—Vassar, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joseph K. Calus, Eric S. Gano
  • 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rapson
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/2018
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rapson
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy over loamy, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, mesic Aquic Udorthents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/2016
  • 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
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - corn
  • Litter Cover % - 10
  • Residue Description - corn residue
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits over loamy glaciolacustrine deposits over loamy till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: glacial drainage channel
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Eric S. Gano
  • 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 - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 11
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—23

    23—203

    38—140

    140—203

    —23—

    —180—

    —102—

    —63—
    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

    —

    —

    205.3

    —

    812

    —

    125

    8.4

    20.4

    -4.4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    201299

    Caro WWTP

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method and 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02105; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 5 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 15 percent coarse prominent irregular very weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 20 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method and 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N02106; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C1—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) stratified stratified very fine sand to silt loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented reddish black (2.5YR 2.5/1) iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 20 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N02107; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C2—66 to 140 centimeters (26.0 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) stratified stratified very fine sand to silt loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 5 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 20 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 2 percent by volume , 4 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N02108; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3C3—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate thick platy parts to massive; firm; 5 percent fine prominent platy noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions with clear boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; 30 percent coarse prominent platy noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate masses along lamina or strata surfaces; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 17N02109; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket