IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Houghton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014MI015003
  • User Pedon ID: S2014MI015003C
  • User Site Association ID: 2017GRR000
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0432
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79598
  • User Project ID: 2017GRR000
  • Project Name: DSP - MLRA 98 - Hydric Soils in Restored Wetlands
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 42.6300139
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5066861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of SE 1/4
  • Map Unit: 21—Houghton muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI015—Barry
  • 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: MI015—Barry County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42085-F5—Bowens Mill, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Quisler, Matt Bromley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, mesic Typic Sulfisaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Houghton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2017
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • 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 - 10/9/2014
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Biol. Crust Type Dominant - moss
  • Phys Crust Subtype - none evident
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree
  • Forest Understory Veg. Type - shrub
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Dominant - perennial forbs or herbaceous
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Secondary - perennial grass
  • Litter Cover % - 100
  • Residue Description - leaves, needles, herbaceous and woody debris
  • RaCA Information:
  • Soil Replicate # - 3
  • Azimuth From Plot Center - 90
  • Distance From Plot Center - 30
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: herbaceous organic material
  • Landform: depression on outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Pattern: deranged
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for very long periods begining in jan
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • Wetland Information:
  • Cowardin Wetland System - palustrine
  • Cowardin Wetland Class - forested wetland
  • Cowardin Wetland Subclass - broad-leaved deciduous
    • Cowardin Moisture Regime Modifier -
  • HGM Class - depressional
  • HGM Subclass - groundwater depressional
    • HGM Modifier -
  • Plot Estab. Year: 2014
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Soil Group ID - 3
  • DSP Plot ID - RF1
  • Plot Configuration - 30
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - J. Quisler, M. Bromley
  • Plot or Site Recorder - J. Quisler, M. Bromley

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/9/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: J. Quisler, M. Bromley
  • Surface Water Kind: ponded
  • Surface Water Depth: 8
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 10
  • Kind of Land: nongrazable woodland understory
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oe

    Oa

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    19

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    145

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    4

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    7

    10

    5.9

    6.1
    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

    Oe

    Oa

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    19

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    145

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    5.3

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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 %

    Oe

    Oa

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    19

    19

    145

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

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    sulfidic materials

    0—19

    19—145

    19—145

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    Pedon Horizon Bulk Density
    Horizon Depth to Top Depth to Bottom Method Data Collector Field Moist Volume Field Moist Sample Wt. Air Dry Sample Wt. Field Moist Co. Fragment Wt. Air Dry Fragment Wt. Fragment Density Coarse Fragment Volume Air Dry Subsample Wt. Oven Dry Subsample Wt. Grav Soil Moist % Whole Soil Grav Soil Moist % Fine Earth Bulk Density FM Fine Soil Bulk Density FM Whole Soill Bulk Density OD fINE Earth Bulk Density OD Fine Earth Bulk Density Satiated
    cm cm3 g g/cm3 cm3 g % g/cm3

    Oe

    Oa

    0

    19

    19

    145

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    Matt Bromley

    Matt Bromley

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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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    Oe—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed mucky peat; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded noncoherent cemented wood fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02216; wet, satiated when described; observed in macaulay sampler
    Oa—19 to 145 centimeters (7.5 to 57.1 inches); variegated 90 percent black (10YR 2/1) broken face and 10 percent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed muck; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 15N02217; wet, satiated when described; observed in macaulay sampler