IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Houghton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007MI121008
  • User Pedon ID: S2007MI121008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F07MI121008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0717
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19381
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 43.4096375
  • Std. Longitude: -86.1957474
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 of NW1/4
  • Location Description: Blue Lake Township
  • Map Unit: Ht—Houghton muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI121—Muskegon
  • 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: MI121—Muskegon County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-D2—Big Blue Lake, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Segar, J. Eversoll, M. Bromley, S. Tardy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, mesic Typic Haplohemists
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Houghton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2016
  • 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 Haplosaprists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2007
  • 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: organic material
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: marsh on pitted outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: E. Segar, J.S. Eversoll, M. Bromley, & S. Tardy
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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? - 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oe1

    Oe2

    Oe3

    0

    0

    165

    71

    71

    244

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    E. Seger, J.S. Eversoll, M. Bromley, & S. Tardy

    E. Seger, J.S. Eversoll, M. Bromley, & S. Tardy

    E. Seger, J.S. Eversoll, M. Bromley, & S. Tardy

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    98

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    52

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    5.5
    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

    Oe1

    Oe2

    Oe3

    0

    0

    165

    71

    71

    244

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    5.1

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    5.1

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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 %

    Oe1

    Oe2

    Oe3

    0

    0

    165

    71

    71

    244

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

    2GP

    CAREX

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    Carex

    Grass, perennial

    sedge

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

    hemic soil materials

    aquic conditions

    0—165

    0—165

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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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    202.5

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    8.2

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    Oe1—0 to 71 centimeters (0.0 to 28.0 inches); mucky peat; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N04395; wet when described;
    Oe2—71 to 165 centimeters (28.0 to 65.0 inches); mucky peat; weak medium granular parts to massive; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N04396; wet when described;
    Oe3—165 to 244 centimeters (65.0 to 96.1 inches); mucky peat; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to massive; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N04397; wet when described;