IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969MI115001
  • User Pedon ID: S1969MI115001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1957
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36115
  • User Project ID: 22649
  • Project Name: Monroe County, Michigan - Update needed
  • Print Date: 5/18/2024

    • 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: 41.8153000
  • Std. Longitude: -83.4618139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8 South
  • Range: 8 East
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 2353 feet north and 2428 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Erie Township
  • Map Unit: 29—Colwood loam
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI115—Monroe
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI115—Monroe County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41083-G4—Erie, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard L. Larson, Guy H. Earle Jr., Robert W. Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • 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 - Pella
  • PSC - 29 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/2018
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colwood
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, noncalcareous, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/1969
  • Classifier - Richard L. Larson
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - corn, sweet
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: lakebed (relict)
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Robert W. Johnson
  • Air Photo ID: XW-1EE-9
  • 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? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—29

    29—165

    34—90

    120—165

    —29—

    —136—

    —56—

    —45—
    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

    —

    —

    177

    —

    844

    —

    160

    9.6

    21.4

    -3.1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    338357

    Toledo Express AP

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 29 centimeters (0.0 to 11.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many (10.0) fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15557; moist when described;
    A—29 to 34 centimeters (11.4 to 13.4 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many (10.0) fine roots; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15558; moist when described;
    Bg1—34 to 47 centimeters (13.4 to 18.5 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 20 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15559; moist when described;
    Bg2—47 to 64 centimeters (18.5 to 25.2 inches); variegated light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) fine roots; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15560; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 1633741; patchy - phpvsfiid 1633741
    Bg3—64 to 90 centimeters (25.2 to 35.4 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) fine roots; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 30 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15561; moist when described;
    BCg—90 to 120 centimeters (35.4 to 47.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15562; moist when described;
    2C1—120 to 145 centimeters (47.2 to 57.1 inches); variegated light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; few (0.5) fine roots; fragments; thin seams of very fine sand and silt; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15563; wet when described;
    2C2—145 to 165 centimeters (57.1 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 30 percent medium and coarse prominent gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; fragments; thin seams of silt and very fine sand; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 40A15564; wet when described;