IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Houghton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MI037001
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MI037001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MI037001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1933
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36091
  • 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: 42.8243417
  • Std. Longitude: -84.3844639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet S and 1720 feet W of NE corner
  • Location Description: Bath Township
  • Map Unit: Ho—Houghton muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI037—Clinton
  • 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: MI037—Clinton County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42084-G4—Bath, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Stroesenreuther, D. Mokma, and W.K. Mettert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, mesic Typic Haplosaprists
  • 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
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Houghton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/2016
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Houghton
  • Taxonomic Class - Euic, mesic Typic Medisaprists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1974
  • 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 - lettuce
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Neil Stroesenreuther, Delbert Mokma, and Wesley Mettert
  • 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 Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oap

    Oa1

    Oa2

    Oa3

    Oa4

    Oa5

    Lco

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    23

    48

    76

    117

    193

    330

    23

    48

    76

    117

    193

    295

    660

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    N. Stroesenruether, D. Mokma, & W.K. Mettert

    N. Stroesenruether, D. Mokma, & W.K. Mettert

    N. Stroesenruether, D. Mokma, & W.K. Mettert

    N. Stroesenruether, D. Mokma, & W.K. Mettert

    N. Stroesenruether, D. Mokma, & W.K. Mettert

    N. Stroesenruether, D. Mokma, & W.K. Mettert

    N. Stroesenruether, D. Mokma, & W.K. Mettert

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oap

    Oa1

    Oa2

    Oa3

    Oa4

    Oa5

    Lco

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    48

    76

    117

    193

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oap

    Oa1

    Oa2

    Oa3

    Oa4

    Oa5

    Lco

    0

    23

    48

    76

    117

    193

    330

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    76

    117

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    295

    660

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    LACTU

    Lactuca

    lettuce

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

    sapric soil materials

    aquic conditions

    0—130

    0—130

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    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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    247

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    801

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    146

    8.3

    20.3

    -4.3

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    204641

    Lansing Capital City AP

    COOP
    Oap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed muck; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15377
    Oa1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed muck; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15378
    Oa2—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face muck; weak thick platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15379
    Oa3—76 to 117 centimeters (29.9 to 46.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face muck; weak thick platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15380
    Oa4—117 to 193 centimeters (46.1 to 76.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed muck; weak thick platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15381
    Oa5—193 to 295 centimeters (76.0 to 116.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed muck; weak thick platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15382
    Oa6—295 to 330 centimeters (116.1 to 129.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed muck; massive; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15383
    Lco—330 to 660 centimeters (129.9 to 259.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) broken face coprogenous earth; massive; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 40A15384. 40A15385 and 40A15386