IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Houghton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MI037002
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MI037002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MI037002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1934
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36092
  • 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: 42.8285194
  • Std. Longitude: -84.3809556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet N and 800 feet E of the SW 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: R. Harner, N. Stroesenreuther, and W. 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 #: 2
  • 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
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: herbaceous organic material
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: depression on moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • 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: Rodney Harner, Neil Stroesenreuther, and Wesley Mettert
  • Hydrology Status: drier than natural
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - yes
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oa1

    Oa2

    Oa3

    Lco

    O'a

    L'co1

    0

    23

    48

    130

    191

    226

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    48

    130

    191

    226

    282

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    R. Harner, N. Stroesenreuther, & W.K. Mettert

    R. Harner, N. Stroesenreuther, & W.K. Mettert

    R. Harner, N. Stroesenreuther, & W.K. Mettert

    R. Harner, N. Stroesenreuther, & W.K. Mettert

    R. Harner, N. Stroesenreuther, & W.K. Mettert

    R. Harner, N. Stroesenreuther, & 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

    Oa1

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    Lco

    O'a

    L'co1

    0

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    48

    130

    191

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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 %

    Oa1

    Oa2

    Oa3

    Lco

    O'a

    L'co1

    0

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

    POA

    SALIX

    Poa

    Salix

    bluegrass

    willow

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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

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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

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    247.6

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    801

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    146

    8.3

    20.3

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    204641

    Lansing Capital City AP

    COOP
    Oa1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face muck; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15387
    Oa2—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed muck; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15388
    Oa3—48 to 130 centimeters (18.9 to 51.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face muck; weak thick platy structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15389
    Lco—130 to 191 centimeters (51.2 to 75.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coprogenous earth; massive; slightly sticky; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15390
    O'a—191 to 226 centimeters (75.2 to 89.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed muck; weak thick platy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15391
    L'co1—226 to 282 centimeters (89.0 to 111.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) coprogenous earth; massive; slightly sticky; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15392
    L'co2—282 to 376 centimeters (111.0 to 148.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) coprogenous earth; massive; slightly sticky; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15393
    Cg—376 to 437 centimeters (148.0 to 172.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; massive; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 40A15394