IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parkhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984MI073002
  • User Pedon ID: S1984MI073002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0562
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54806
  • 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: 43.6880569
  • Std. Longitude: -84.6505585
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 650 feet W of woods/ line fence and 1520 feet N of road, Isabella Co.
  • Location Description: Denver Township
  • Map Unit: 21—Kingsville loamy sand
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI073—Isabella
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI073—Isabella County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43084-F6—Leaton, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neil Stroesenreuther, Steve Tardy, George Teachman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, mesic Mollic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Parkhill
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/23/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parkhill
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Haplaquept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: dead ice moraine
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—23

    23—91

    23—152

    —23—

    —68—

    —129—
    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

    —

    —

    218

    —

    0

    809

    —

    161

    8

    20.3

    -4.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    205662

    Central Michigan University

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P03087
    Bg1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 10 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions and 15 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03088
    Bg2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03089
    Bg3—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium faint gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03090
    Cg—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior loam; massive; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, coats and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, coats and gray (5Y 6/1), moist, coats; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P03091
    C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; massive; firm; 1 percent medium faint brown (7.5YR 5/3) iron depletions and 10 percent coarse prominent gray (5Y 6/1) iron depletions and 10 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 84P03092