IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Capac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: dense subsoil
  • User Site ID: S1984MI037001
  • User Pedon ID: S1984MI037001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0560
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54804
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 43.0322222
  • Std. Longitude: -84.5787417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1010 feet E and 275 feet N of SW corner
  • Location Description: Bingham Township
  • Map Unit: CaA—Capac loam, Lake Michigan lobe, 0 to 4 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Greg Thoen, W. Perkis and E. Tompkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Capac
  • PSC - 22 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/8/2015
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Capac
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: G. Thoen, W. Perkis, and E. Tompkins
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    secondary carbonates

    free carbonates

    densic materials

    0—22

    22—33

    22—68

    22—152

    33—73

    68—73

    73—152

    73—152

    —22—

    —11—

    —46—

    —130—

    —40—

    —5—

    —79—

    —79—
    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

    2

    —

    —

    227.6

    —

    270

    834

    —

    155

    8.7

    20.8

    -4.1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    207280

    Saint Johns

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03074
    B/E (E)—22 to 33 centimeters (8.7 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03075
    B/E (Bt)—22 to 33 centimeters (8.7 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03075
    Bt1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 11 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03076
    Bt2—46 to 68 centimeters (18.1 to 26.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 37 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03077
    BC—68 to 73 centimeters (26.8 to 28.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; friable; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 11 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; ; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03078
    Cd1—73 to 101 centimeters (28.7 to 39.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; friable; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03079
    Cd2—101 to 152 centimeters (39.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 84P03080