IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ypsi
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016MI161001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016MI161001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0394
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87551
  • User Project ID: FLI - LAB
  • Project Name: MLRA 111B - Flint - Lab Characterization FY2015 NRI Cropland Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP)
  • 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: 42.0949278
  • Std. Longitude: -83.7382417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 1.60
  • GPS - PDOP: 2
  • Township: 4 South
  • Range: 6 East
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 945 feet south and 785 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: York Township
  • Map Unit: YpA—Ypsi sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI161—Washtenaw
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI161—Washtenaw County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42083-A6—Milan, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joseph K. Calus, Eric S. Gano, Jonathan DiazCruz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over clayey, mixed, semiactive, mesic Albaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ypsi
  • PSC - 68 to 91 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 - Ypsi
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over clayey, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 68 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/2016
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • 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 - soybeans
  • Litter Cover % - 98
  • Residue Description - corn and soybean residue
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy glaciolacustrine deposits over clayey till over loamy till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: wave-worked till plain
  • 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: 10/28/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Eric S. Gano
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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 - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 14
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    91 - 203

    - 112 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    densic materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—23

    23—91

    68—76

    76—91

    91—203

    91—203

    —23—

    —68—

    —8—

    —15—

    —112—

    —112—
    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

    —

    —

    219.9

    —

    898

    —

    170

    9.6

    21.5

    -3.2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    200230

    Ann Arbor U Of Mich

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; common (3.0) medium roots throughout and many (10.0) fine 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 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02110; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—23 to 68 centimeters (9.1 to 26.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method and 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N02111; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—68 to 76 centimeters (26.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout; clay bridges between sand grains; 20 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method and 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; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 17N02112; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2BCg—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) iron-manganese nodules with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method and 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weight and displacement method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N02113; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3Cd—91 to 203 centimeters (35.8 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; very firm; 10 percent medium faint platy noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces and 10 percent medium distinct platy noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; 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 and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 17N02114; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket