IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968MI045001
  • User Pedon ID: S1968MI045001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1955
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36113
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 42.7402840
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8152008
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet S and 850 feet E of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: Pr—Parkhill loam, non dense till subsoil, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI045—Eaton
  • 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: MI045—Eaton County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42084-F7—Needmore, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Holcomb, R. Hicks, R. Johnson, E.J. Pedersen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Epiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/30/2016
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, noncalcareous, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1968
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - beans, other dry
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: depression on moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    episaturation

    mollic epipedon

    reduced matrix

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    free carbonates

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    —

    0—26

    26—140

    26—112

    26—74

    26—160

    43—160

    73—160

    140—160

    —-

    —26—

    —114—

    —86—

    —48—

    —134—

    —117—

    —87—

    —20—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    269.4

    —

    813

    —

    —

    10

    20.6

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    Ap—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15541
    Bg1—26 to 43 centimeters (10.2 to 16.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15542
    Bg2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse distinct and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15543
    Bg3—56 to 73 centimeters (22.0 to 28.7 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) loam; 21 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) coarse distinct and 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15544
    2Cg—73 to 81 centimeters (28.7 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent manganese masses; 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15545
    3Cg1—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent manganese masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15546
    3Cg2—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent manganese masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15547
    3C—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse faint mottles; moderate coarse platy structure; friable; 10 percent manganese masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15548