LOCATION GLENDORA MI+MN OH WI

Established Series
Rev. NWS-LWB-WEF-MLK
08/2012

GLENDORA SERIES

The Glendora series consists of very deep, poorly drained or very poorly drained soils formed in sandy alluvium. These soils are on nearly level areas or slight depressions, including old drainageways, and on flood plains in river valleys. Slope ranges from 0 to 2 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 864 mm (34 inches), and mean annual temperature is about 7.8 degrees C (46 degrees F).

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, mesic Mollic Psammaquents

TYPICAL PEDON: Glendora sandy loam, on a slope of 1 percent in an undisturbed area on a flood plain. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

A--0 to 20 cm (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 cm (6 to 9 inches) thick]

Cg--20 to 53 cm (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 cm (1/8 to 1 inch) thick; common medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; neutral; gradual wavy boundary.

C1--53 to 107 cm (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 cm (1/4 inch) thick; neutral; gradual wavy boundary.

C2--107 to 158 cm (42 to 62 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; black (10YR 2/1) organic bands 0.3 to 1 cm (1/8 to 1/2 inch) thick; neutral.

TYPE LOCATION: Kalamazoo County, Michigan; about 1 mile southwest of the village of Fulton; 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:
Depth to carbonates: deeper than 46 cm (18 inches)
Particle-size control section: averages 0 to 10 percent clay and 70 to 100 percent sand
Series control section: has an irregular decrease in organic carbon

A horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR, 10YR, or is neutral
Value: 2, 2.5, or 3
Chroma: 0 to 2
Texture: 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 loam
Rock fragment content: 0 to 3 percent gravel and cobbles
Reaction: moderately acid to slightly alkaline

C horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR to 5Y
Value: 2 to 6
Chroma: 1 to 4
Texture: typically sand or fine sand, but includes loamy sand and loamy fine sand
Rock fragment content: 0 to 3 percent gravel and cobbles
Reaction: moderately acid to slightly alkaline

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 100 cm (40 inches) in some pedons.

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Kanza, Kingsville, Marlake, Pay, Plev, Tobico, and Vestaburg series. Kanza and Plev soils are in warmer areas that have a mean annual temperature greater than 11.1 degrees C (52 degrees F). Kingsville soils do not have an irregular decrease in organic carbon in the series control section. Marlake soils are in drier areas that have a mean annual precipitation of less than 737 mm (29 inches). Pay and Vestaburg soils have more than 3 percent rock fragments in the lower part of the series control section. Tobico have carbonates within a depth of 46 cm (18 inches) and do not have an irregular decrease in organic carbon in the series control section.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Glendora soils are in nearly level areas or slight depressions, including old drainageways, and on flood plains in river valleys. Slope ranges from 0 to 2 percent. The Glendora soils formed in sandy alluvium. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 737 to 991 mm (29 to 39 inches). Mean annual temperature ranges from 5.0 to 11.1 degrees C (41 to 52 degrees F). Frost-free period is 115 to 220 days. Elevation is 175 to 470 meters (575 to 1,540 feet) above mean sea level.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Abscota, Algansee, Cohoctah and Sloan soils. The moderately well drained Abscota and the 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. Depth to the top of a seasonal high water table ranges from the surface to 30 cm (1 foot) between September and June in normal years. Potential for surface runoff is negligible. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is high or very high. These soils are frequently or occasionally flooded for brief to very long duration. These soils are subject to occasional ponding up to 15 cm (0.5 feet) for brief duration.

USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are pastured or forestland. Some areas are cultivated. Corn and hay are the principal crops. Native vegetation is American elm, white ash, swamp white oak, and quaking aspen.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: MLRAs 89, 96, 97, 98, 99, 105, and 111B in southern Michigan, northern Ohio, south-central Wisconsin, and southeastern Minnesota. The series is of moderate extent.

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Ionia County, Michigan, 1965.

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon: from the surface to a depth of 20 cm (8 inches) (A horizon).

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.