IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Adrian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015MI037002
  • User Pedon ID: S2015MI037002B
  • User Site Association ID: 2017GRR000
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0429
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82609
  • 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: 43.0381944
  • Std. Longitude: -84.5450833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2,606 feet north and 365 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Greenbush Township
  • Map Unit: Ad—Adrian muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI037—Clinton
  • 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: MI037—Clinton County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43084-A5—Saint Johns North, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carla Ahlschwede and Jon Quisler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Haplosaprists
  • 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 - Adrian
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2017
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Adrian
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Haplosaprists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 41 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/23/2015
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Agronomic Feature - inter-row, flat planted, no wheel track
  • Current Crop - corn
  • Litter Cover % - 25
  • Residue Description - corn stubble and associated residue
  • RaCA Information:
  • Soil Replicate # - 2
  • Azimuth From Plot Center - 0
  • Distance From Plot Center - 30
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: herbaceous organic material over sandy and loamy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: glacial drainage channel
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • Plot Estab. Year: 2015
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Soil Group ID - 2
  • DSP Plot ID - AM2
  • Plot Configuration - 30
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - M. Bromley, J. Quisler
  • Plot or Site Recorder - M. Bromley, J. Quisler

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley, J. Quisler, & C. Ahlschwede
  • Hydrology Status: drier than natural
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - yes
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oap

    Oa

    0

    24

    24

    41

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    Carla Ahlschwede

    Carla Ahlschwede

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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

    Oap

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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 %

    Oap

    Oa

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

    sapric soil materials

    aquic conditions

    free carbonates

    0—41

    0—150

    48—150

    —41—

    —150—

    —102—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    10/30/2015

    50

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    12.22
    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

    Oap

    Oap

    Oa

    C1

    C2

    5

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    24

    41

    48

    24

    5

    41

    48

    104

    core, variable volume

    scoop

    core, constant volume

    core, variable volume

    core, variable volume

    Carla Ahlschwede

    Carla Ahlschwede

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    Pedon Infiltration Summary
    Date Data Collector Infiltration Mean Infiltation Std. Dev. Test Method
    cm/hr

    11/2/2015

    Jon Quisler

    2.51

    single ring falling head
    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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    133

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    20.8

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    207280

    Saint Johns

    COOP
    Oap—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); black (N 2.5/), broken face and black (N 2.5/), rubbed muck; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) very fine roots and few (0.5) medium roots and few (0.5) fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N01787; observed in pit, small
    Oa—24 to 41 centimeters (9.4 to 16.1 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face and black (7.5YR 2.5/1) rubbed muck; moderate medium granular, and moderate coarse granular structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots and few (0.5) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 3 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 4 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 16N01788
    C1—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); 85 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; 8 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented 7.5YR 4/8 (7.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 16N01789
    C2—48 to 104 centimeters (18.9 to 40.9 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; loose; 2 percent distinct organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N01790
    C3—104 to 144 centimeters (40.9 to 56.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face sand; structureless single grain; loose; 23 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N01791
    C4—144 to 150 centimeters (56.7 to 59.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face sand; structureless single grain; loose; 2 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 16N01792; observed in auger, bucket