LOCATION GLENDORA MI+OH WI MNEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, mesic Mollic Psammaquents
TYPICAL PEDON: Glendora sandy loam, on a slope of 1 percent, on a flood plain, in an undisturbed area. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
A--0 to 20 centimeters (0 to 8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam, dark gray (10YR 4/1) dry; weak fine granular structure; friable; many fine roots; neutral; clear wavy boundary. [15 to 23 centimeters (6 to 9 inches) thick]
Cg--20 to 53 centimeters (8 to 21 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand; single grain; loose; common fine roots; black (10YR 2/1) loamy sand and organic bands 0.3 to 2 centimeters (1/8 to 1 inch) thick; common medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) redoximorphic depletions; neutral; gradual wavy boundary.
C1--53 to 107 centimeters (21 to 42 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; common fine roots; black (10YR 2/1) organic bands less than 0.6 centimeters (1/4 inch) thick; neutral; gradual wavy boundary.
C2--107 to 157 centimeters (42 to 62 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; black (10YR 2/1) organic bands 0.3 to 1 centimeter (1/8 to 1/2 inch) thick; neutral.
TYPE LOCATION: Kalamazoo County, Michigan, about 1 mile southwest of the village of Fulton; located about 1,200 feet north and 50 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 20, T. 4 S., R. 9 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The reaction ranges from moderately acid to slightly alkaline in the series control section. Depth to carbonates is more than 45 centimeters (18 inches). Clay content in the particle -size control section (weighted average) ranges from 0 to 10 percent. Sand content in the particle-size control section ranges from 70 to 100 percent. The gravel and cobble content ranges from 0 to 3 percent throughout the series control section and is mixed in mineralogy. These soils have an irregular decrease in organic carbon in the series control section.
The A horizon has hue of 7.5YR, 10YR, or is neutral; value of 2 or 3; and chroma of 0 to 2. It is sandy loam, mucky sandy loam, fine sandy loam, mucky silt loam, loam, loamy fine sand, loamy sand, fine sand, sand, mucky sand, mucky loamy sand, mucky loamy fine sand, mucky loamy fine sand or mucky silt loam.
The C horizon has 7.5YR to 5Y hue, value of 2 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 4. It is typically sand or fine sand, but includes loamy sand and loamy fine sand. Organic bands have colors similar to the A horizon. Some pedons do not have organic bands. Thin lenses of gravelly sand are below a depth of 1 meter (40 inches) in some pedons.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Kanza, Kingsville, Marlake, Pay, Plev, Tobico, and Vestaburg series. The Kanza soils are in areas that have a mean annual air temperature range of 13 to 14 degrees C (56 to 58 degrees F) and a mean annual precipitation range of 480 to 710 millimeters (19 to 28 inches). The Kingsville soils do not have an irregular decrease in organic carbon in the series control section. The Marlake soils are in areas that have a mean annual precipitation range of 410 to 640 millimeters (16 to 25 inches). Pay soils have a rock fragment content of 15 to 55 percent in the lower third of the series control section. Plev soils are in areas that have a mean annual air temperature range of 13 to 14 degrees C (55 to 57 degrees F) and have buried horizons in the lower third of the series control section. Tobico have carbonates within a depth of 38 centimeters (15 inches) and do not have an irregular decrease in organic carbon in the series control section. Vestaburg soils have a rock fragment content of 10 to 50 percent in the lower two thirds of the series control section and do not have an irregular decrease in organic carbon in the series control section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: The Glendora soils are in nearly level areas or slight depressions, including old drainageways, and on flood plains in river valleys. The parent material is sandy alluvium. These soils are subject to frequent flooding for long duration. Slope ranges from 0 to 2 percent. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 735 to 990 millimeters (29 to 39 inches). Mean annual air temperature ranges from 5 to 11 degrees C (41 to 52 degrees F). Frost-free period ranges from 115 to 220 days. Elevation ranges from 175 to 470 meters (575 to 1,540) above sea level.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Abscota, Algansee, Cohoctah and Sloan soils. The well drained Abscota and somewhat poorly drained Algansee soils are on slightly higher landscape positions and are in a drainage sequence with Glendora soils. Cohoctah soils are on landscape positions similar to those of the Glendora soils on flood plains and have a sand content that averages less than 70 percent in the particle-size control section. Sloan soils are on landscape positions similar to those of the Glendora soils on flood plains and have a clay content that averages 22 to 35 percent in the particle-size control section.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Poorly drained or very poorly drained. The depth to the seasonal high water table ranges from the surface to a depth of 0.3 meter (1 foot) from September to June. Saturated hydraulic conductivity ranges from 10.00 to 705.00 micrometers per second (high or vrery high). These soils are frequently or occasionally flooded for brief to very long duration. These soils are subject to occasional ponding up to 0.15 meters (0.5 feet) for brief duration.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are pastured or forestland. Some areas are cultivated. The principal crops are corn and hay. The native vegetation is American elm, white ash, swamp white oak, and quaking aspen.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: LRRs K, L, and M. MLRAs 89, 91, 96, 97, 98, 99, 105, and 111B. Southern Michigan, northern Ohio, south-central Wisconsin, and southeastern Minnesota. The series is of moderate extent.
MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Indianapolis, Indiana
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Ionia County, Michigan, 1965.
REMARKS:
Particle-size control section--the zone from a depth of 25 to 100 centimeters (10 to 40 inches);
series control section--the zone from the surface to a depth of 122 centimeters.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
ochric epipedon--the zone from the surface to a depth of 20 centimeters (8 inches) (A horizon);
aquic moisture regime;
mollic soil feature--A horizon, greater than 15 centimeters (6 inches) thick, with value moist of less than 3.5.
Taxonomy version--Keys to Soil Taxonomy, tenth edition, 2006.