IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coloma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014MI077001
  • User Pedon ID: S2014MI077001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N1000
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79482
  • 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: 42.3637222
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7317222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of SE 1/4
  • Map Unit: CoB—Coloma loamy sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI077—Kalamazoo
  • MLRA: 97—Southwestern Michigan Fruit and Vegetable Crop Belt
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI077—Kalamazoo County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42085-C6—Kalamazoo SW, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt Bromley, Jon Quisler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Coloma
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/16/2015
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Coloma
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2014
  • Classifier - M. Bromley, J. Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: very low
  • Ksat Class Upper: high
  • Ksat Class Lower: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 2- to 5-millimeter mixed, 1.00 percent nonflat subrounded indurated 5- to 75-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/17/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley, J. Quisler
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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
  • Current Air Temp - 13
    • 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

    Bw1

    Bw2

    E&Bt1 (E)

    E&Bt2 (E)

    0

    33

    69

    109

    160

    33

    69

    109

    160

    203

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    M. Bromley

    M. Bromley

    M. Bromley

    M. Bromley

    M. 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

    Bw1

    Bw2

    E&Bt1 (E)

    E&Bt2 (E)

    0

    33

    69

    109

    160

    33

    69

    109

    160

    203

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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

    Bw1

    Bw2

    E&Bt1 (E)

    E&Bt2 (E)

    0

    33

    69

    109

    160

    33

    69

    109

    160

    203

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    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

    lamellae

    0—33

    109—203

    —33—

    —94—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    4/17/2014

    4/17/2014

    50

    100

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    7.8

    7.8
    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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    233.2

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    970

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    Ap—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; loamy sand; 5 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; few very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; very abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04874; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face sand; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04875; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face sand; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; few very coarse roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04876; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt1 (Bt)—109 to 160 centimeters (42.9 to 63.0 inches); 14 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face sand, loamy sand; 4 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; few very fine roots throughout; 50 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 14 percent lamellae (volume percent); neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 14N04877; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt1 (E)—109 to 160 centimeters (42.9 to 63.0 inches); 86 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face sand, loamy sand; 4 percent clay; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; few very fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 14N04877; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt2 (Bt)—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); 14 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face sand, loamy sand; 4 percent clay; structureless single grain, and weak medium subangular blocky; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; few very fine roots throughout; 50 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 14 percent lamellae (volume percent); neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 14N04878; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt2 (E)—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); 86 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face sand, loamy sand; 4 percent clay; structureless single grain, and weak medium subangular blocky; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; few very fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 14N04878; moist when described; observed in pit, small