IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palms
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015MI107001
  • User Pedon ID: S2015MI107001A
  • User Site Association ID: 2017GRR000
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0775
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82537
  • User Project ID: 2017GRR000
  • Project Name: DSP - MLRA 98 - Hydric Soils in Restored Wetlands
  • Print Date: 5/9/2024

    • 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: 43.5443333
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1821667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1,790 feet north and 700 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Millbrook Township
  • Map Unit: *27—Houghton muck
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI107—Mecosta
  • 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: MI107—Mecosta County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-E2—Mecosta, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Quisler and Matt Bromley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Sulfihemists
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Palms
  • PSC - 100 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2017
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palms
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Haplosaprists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 100 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/2015
  • 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
  • Phys Crust Subtype - none evident
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree
  • Forest Understory Veg. Type - perennial grass
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Dominant - perennial grass
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Secondary - perennial forbs or herbaceous
  • Litter Cover % - 100
  • Residue Description - leaves and herbaceous debris
  • RaCA Information:
  • Soil Replicate # - 1
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: herbaceous organic material over stratified sandy and loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: closed depression on moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: deranged
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • Wetland Information:
  • Cowardin Wetland System - palustrine
  • HGM Class - organic soil flats
  • Plot Estab. Year: 2015
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Soil Group ID - 1
  • DSP Plot ID - RR2
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - M. Bromley
  • Plot or Site Recorder - M. Bromley

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Jon Quisler and Matt Bromley
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: drier than natural
  • 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 - 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oe

    Oa

    O'e1

    O'e2

    0

    12

    38

    68

    12

    38

    68

    100

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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

    Oe

    Oa

    O'e1

    O'e2

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    12

    38

    68

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    38

    68

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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

    O'e1

    O'e2

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    12

    38

    68

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

    aquic conditions

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    hemic soil materials

    sulfidic materials

    free carbonates

    0—203

    0—12

    12—38

    38—100

    68—100

    100—203

    —203—

    —12—

    —26—

    —62—

    —32—

    —103—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    8/14/2015

    50

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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

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    O'e1

    O'e2

    5

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    12

    38

    68

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    5

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    68

    100

    scoop

    scoop

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    Jon Quisler

    Jon Quisler

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

    8/14/2015

    Matt Bromley and Jon Quisler

    3018

    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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    Oe—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed mucky peat; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; many (5.0) very fine roots and few (0.5) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N03998, 15N04003, 15N04004; observed in pit, small
    Oa—12 to 38 centimeters (4.7 to 15.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face and black (7.5YR 2.5/1) rubbed muck; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) very fine roots and common (3.0) fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N03999
    O'e1—38 to 68 centimeters (15.0 to 26.8 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face and black (7.5YR 2.5/1) rubbed mucky peat; structureless massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N04000; observed in macaulay sampler
    O'e2—68 to 100 centimeters (26.8 to 39.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face mucky peat; weak medium platy structure; very friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N04001
    Cg—100 to 203 centimeters (39.4 to 79.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face stratified stratified sandy loam to sand to clay loam; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 15N04002; observed in auger, bucket