IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kalamazoo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: non-calcareous subsoil
  • User Site ID: S2014MI027001
  • User Pedon ID: S2014MI027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N1003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79485
  • 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: 41.8525000
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8211944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet south and 758 feet west of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Porter Township
  • Map Unit: 9B—Kalamazoo loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI027—Cass
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-G7—Mottville, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Quisler, Matt Bromley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kalamazoo
  • PSC - 22 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/24/2015
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kalamazoo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 22 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/2014
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler, Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - oats
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess-influenced loamy drift over sandy drift
  • Landscape: ice-margin complex
  • Landform: moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Jon Quisler, Matt Bromley
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 16
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bt1

    Bt2

    2B/E

    2E/B

    2E and Bt

    2C

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    22

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    Jon Quisler, Matt Bromley

    Jon Quisler, Matt Bromley

    Jon Quisler, Matt Bromley

    Jon Quisler, Matt Bromley

    Jon Quisler, Matt Bromley

    Jon Quisler, Matt Bromley

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    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

    Ap

    Bt1

    Bt2

    2B/E

    2E/B

    2E and Bt

    2C

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    22

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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 %

    Ap

    Bt1

    Bt2

    2B/E

    2E/B

    2E and Bt

    2C

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    22

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    0.06

    0.09

    0.11

    0.05

    0.04

    0.03

    0.02

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lamellae

    0—22

    22—90

    56—

    122—165

    —22—

    —68—

    —-

    —43—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    4/30/2014

    4/30/2014

    50

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    11.67

    10
    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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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; sandy loam; 14 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout; few (1.0) very fine tubular and few (1.0) fine tubular and pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04894; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—22 to 33 centimeters (8.7 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine tubular pores; 70 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04895; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine tubular pores; 70 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04896; observed in pit, small
    2B/E—56 to 90 centimeters (22.0 to 35.4 inches); variegated 55 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and 45 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, 45 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dry; stratified stratified sandy loam to loamy sand; 13 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; friable; common (2.0) very fine interstitial pores; 35 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 14N04897; observed in pit, small
    2E/B—90 to 122 centimeters (35.4 to 48.0 inches); variegated 55 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face and 45 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, 55 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face, dry; stratified stratified sand to sandy loam; 9 percent clay; weak medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common (2.0) very fine interstitial pores; 80 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04898; observed in pit, small
    2E and Bt—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) broken face, dry; stratified stratified sand to loamy sand; structureless single grain, and weak fine subangular blocky; loose; 90 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 34 percent lamellae (volume percent); strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04899; observed in pit, small
    2C—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face stratified stratified gravelly sand to fine sand to coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 14N04900; observed in pit, small