IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parkhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007MI057013
  • User Pedon ID: S2007MI057013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0680
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19557
  • 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: 43.2991083
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4496222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 North
  • Range: 1 West
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 2660 feet south and 40 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Lafayette Township
  • Map Unit: Ph—Parkhill loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI057—Gratiot
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI057—Gratiot County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43084-C4—Rathbone, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dan J. Wing
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Parkhill
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/2017
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parkhill
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, mesic Mollic Endoaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Classifier - Dan J. Wing
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: wave-worked till plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent 2- to 76-millimeter mixed, 0.01 percent 76- to 250-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Dan J. Wing
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: drier than natural
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Local Disturb. Distance - 30
  • Local Disturb. Description - 2 meter deep drainage ditch
  • Drained? - yes
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 24
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    142 - 165

    - 23 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    0—25

    25—142

    25—56

    142—

    —25—

    —117—

    —31—

    —-
    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

    —

    —

    213

    —

    824

    —

    154

    8.1

    20.3

    -4.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    200146

    Alma

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard; few (0.5) fine and medium roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium faint gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions and 30 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04180; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; massive; friable; 10 percent coarse faint gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg2—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/1), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; massive; friable; 5 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions and 10 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 10 percent of fine white (10YR 8/1) masses of geogenic calcium carbonate in cracks; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg3—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), gray (2.5Y 6/1), dry; loam; massive; friable; 10 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 10 percent of fine white (10YR 8/1) masses of geogenic calcium carbonate in cracks; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cd—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron along lamina or strata surfaces and 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions along lamina or strata surfaces; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket