IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Anthroportic Udorthents
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012MI163013
  • User Pedon ID: S2012MI163013
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 99 - Wayne County Area, Michigan - Initial All Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0546
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73153
  • User Project ID: FLI - INITIAL
  • Project Name: Wayne County Area, Michigan - Update
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 42.3142194
  • Std. Longitude: -83.1077472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: City of Detroit
  • Map Unit: BrmuaB—Brems-Urban land complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI163—Wayne
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI163—Wayne County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42083-C1—Detroit, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joseph K. Calus, Eric S. Gano
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, combustic, mixed, mesic Anthroportic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Anthroportic Udorthents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/2016
  • Classifier - Joseph K. Calus
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oxyaquic Udipsamments
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2012
  • Classifier - Joseph K. Calus
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and loamy human-transported material over sandy and loamy glaciolacustrine deposits over sandy glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: glacial delta
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Joseph K. Calus, Eric S. Gano
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    human-transported material

    artifacts

    ochric epipedon

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    0—58

    0—58

    0—20

    58—71

    71—203

    —58—

    —58—

    —20—

    —13—

    —132—
    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

    —

    —

    180

    —

    858

    —

    161

    9.6

    21.6

    -2.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    202015

    Dearborn

    COOP
    ^Au1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common (4.0) medium roots throughout and many (10.0) fine roots throughout and few (0.5) coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; 1 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 5-?-20 millimeter innocuous artifacts of glass and 3 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 75-?-249 millimeter innocuous artifacts of glass; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02545; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Au2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; extremely artifactual loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; few (0.5) medium roots throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; 2 percent by volume flat noncohesive persistent penetrable 2-?-75 millimeter innocuous artifacts of plasterboard and 6 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-?-75 millimeter innocuous artifacts of coal combustion byproducts and 10 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-?-75 millimeter innocuous artifacts of coal combustion byproducts and 2 percent by volume flat noncohesive persistent penetrable 2-?-75 millimeter innocuous artifacts of coal combustion byproducts; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02546; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) fine vesicular pores; 5 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent very coarse prominent moderately coherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries around rock fragments; 2 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; 2 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 2-?-5 millimeter innocuous artifacts of coal combustion byproducts and 3 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 5-?-20 millimeter innocuous artifacts of coal combustion byproducts; 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 13N02547; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^Cu2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; loamy fine sand; weak thin platy structure; very friable; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; 1 percent by volume cohesive persistent nonpenetrable 75-?-249 millimeter innocuous artifacts of metal; 3 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02548; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ab—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common (4.0) medium roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout and few (0.5) coarse roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02549; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bgb—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; loamy fine sand; weak medium platy structure; friable; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) fine vesicular pores; 5 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02550; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bwb—84 to 130 centimeters (33.1 to 51.2 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; moderate thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; many (10.0) fine vesicular pores; 1 percent medium distinct noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine prominent dendritic noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02551; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BCb—130 to 150 centimeters (51.2 to 59.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose; 20 percent medium distinct noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02552; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C—150 to 203 centimeters (59.1 to 79.9 inches);, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 13N02553; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket