IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lenawee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012MI163017
  • User Pedon ID: S2012MI163017
  • 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 # - 13N0550
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69186
  • User Project ID: FLI - INITIAL
  • Project Name: Wayne County Area, Michigan - Update
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 42.2766306
  • Std. Longitude: -83.2363694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2 South
  • Range: 10 East
  • Section: 34
  • Location Description: City of Dearborn Heights
  • Map Unit: RvfabB—Riverfront sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • 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-C2—Dearborn, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joseph K. Calus, Eric S. Gano
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Mollic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lenawee
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/2016
  • Classifier - Joseph K. Calus
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pella
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Mollic Endoaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/2012
  • Classifier - Joseph K. Calus
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy human-transported material over clayey glaciolacustrine deposits over loamy glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: lakebed (relict)
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/5/2012 (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 - partly cloudy
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    human-transported material

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—10

    0—19

    19—30

    30—94

    30—203

    145—203

    —10—

    —19—

    —11—

    —64—

    —173—

    —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

    0

    —

    —

    183

    —

    858

    —

    161

    9.6

    21.6

    -2.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    202015

    Dearborn

    COOP
    ^A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; many (10.0) very fine roots throughout and few (0.5) medium roots throughout and many (10.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02574; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    ^C—10 to 19 centimeters (3.9 to 7.5 inches); 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02575; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ab—19 to 30 centimeters (7.5 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; strong medium granular structure; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02576; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bgb1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; 4 percent krotovinas (volume percent); noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02577; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bgb2—56 to 94 centimeters (22.0 to 37.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct gray (5Y 5/1) silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02578; moist when described; observed in push tube
    BCgb—94 to 145 centimeters (37.0 to 57.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct gray (5Y 5/1) silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02579; moist when described; observed in push tube
    2C1—145 to 175 centimeters (57.1 to 68.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; firm; 10 percent coarse prominent gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N02580; moist when described; observed in push tube
    2C2—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) stratified stratified silt loam to silt; weak thick platy structure; friable; fragments; 20 percent of distinct gray (5Y 5/1) silt coats along lamina or strata surfaces; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # 13N02581; moist when described; observed in push tube