IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Granby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968MI139002
  • User Pedon ID: S1968MI139002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968MI139002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1950
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36108
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 42.9661179
  • Std. Longitude: -86.1105194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI139—Ottawa
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI139—Ottawa County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42086-H1—Borculo, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Johnson and K. Pregitzer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Granby
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/2016
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Granby
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1968
  • Classifier - R. Johnson, K. Pregitzer
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ELRE4

    POA

    Elymus repens

    Poa

    quackgrass

    bluegrass

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

    endosaturation

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    free carbonates

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    0—28

    0—127

    28—38

    38—97

    53—97

    97—127

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    —28—

    —127—

    —10—

    —59—

    —44—

    —30—
    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

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    813

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    9.4

    20

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (N 2/0) fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15504
    A—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15505
    Bg—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 20 percent black (10YR 2/1) sand; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15506
    Cg1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; single grain; nonsticky; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15507
    Cg2—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sand; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and coarse faint and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse distinct mottles; single grain; nonsticky; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15508
    C1—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) coarse distinct and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) coarse distinct mottles; single grain; nonsticky; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15509
    C2—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; nonsticky; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15510