IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parkhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008MI057006
  • User Pedon ID: S2008MI057006
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 99 - Wayne County Area, Michigan - Initial Rep Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1087
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24887
  • 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: 43.1190083
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4137167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9 North
  • Range: 1 West
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 660 feet north and 2640 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Elba Township. About 1 mile south of the village of Bannister.
  • 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-A4—Ovid West, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joseph K. Calus, Dan J. Wing
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, mesic Mollic Epiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Parkhill (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/2008
  • Classifier - Tonie Endres
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parkhill
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, mesic Mollic Epiaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2008
  • Classifier - Joseph K. Calus
  • 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
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for brief periods begining in apr
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent 2- to 75-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/3/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Dan J. Wing
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 29
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    145 - 203

    - 58 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    densic contact

    densic materials

    0—23

    23—56

    23—145

    145—

    145—203

    —23—

    —33—

    —122—

    —-

    —58—
    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

    —

    —

    210

    —

    834

    —

    155

    8.7

    20.8

    -4.1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    207280

    Saint Johns

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; many (10.0) fine and medium roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N04293; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Bg1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; many (10.0) fine roots throughout; 60 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04294; moist when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 418547; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 418547
    Bg2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 60 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1) pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04295; moist when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 418548; patchy - phpvsfiid 418549; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 418548; patchy - phpvsfiid 418549
    BCg—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to massive; firm; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 60 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1) pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent spherical very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 55 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04296; moist when described; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 418550; patchy - phpvsfiid 418550
    C1—74 to 127 centimeters (29.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 5 percent fine prominent spherical very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 25 percent coarse distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 30 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; many gray (2.5Y 5/1) vertical fractures throughout; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04297; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C2—127 to 145 centimeters (50.0 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 25 percent coarse distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 30 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; common gray (2.5Y 5/1) vertical fractures throughout; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N04298; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Cd—145 to 203 centimeters (57.1 to 79.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; moderate medium platy structure; very firm; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 09N04299; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket