LOCATION BELLEVILLE MI+IN MN WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy over loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Belleville loamy fine sand on a 1 percent slope in a cultivated field. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise indicated.)
Ap--0 to 11 inches; black (10YR 2/1) loamy fine sand, dark gray (10YR 4/1) dry; moderate medium granular structure; friable; common fine roots; mildly alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary. (11 to 16 inches thick)
Bg--11 to 20 inches; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; few fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and few fine distinct light gray (10YR 6/1) mottles; single grain; loose; few fine roots; black (10YR 2/1) coatings in root channels; mildly alkaline; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 20 inches thick)
Cg1--20 to 30 inches; light gray (10YR 6/1) fine sand; common fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and common medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) mottles; single grain; loose; slight effervescence; mildly alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
2Cg2--30 to 34 inches; gray (5Y 5/1) heavy clay loam; common medium distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and few fine distinct olive (5Y 5/6) mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; about 1 percent gravel; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 5 inches thick)
2Cg3--34 to 51 inches; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; common medium distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1) mottles; massive; firm; about 3 percent gravel; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline; clear wavy boundary.
2Cg4--51 to 55 inches; gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; common medium prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) mottles; massive; firm; about 5 percent gravel; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline; clear wavy boundary.
2Cg5--55 to 60 inches; gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; few fine prominent dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) mottles; massive; firm; about 2 percent gravel; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Wayne County, Michigan; about 7 1/2 miles south and 1 mile east of Belleville; 528 feet west and 2376 feet north of the southeast corner, sec. 34, T. 4 S., R. 8 E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The depth to the 2C horizon ranges from 20 to 40 inches. The solum ranges from slightly acid to moderately alkaline. Rock fragments, dominantly gravel, ranges from 0 to 5 percent by volume throughout the pedon.
The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 or 2. It is sandy loam, loamy fine sand, loamy sand, fine sand, or sand. A thin AE horizon is present in some pedons.
The Bg horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 or 2. It is loamy fine sand, loamy sand, fine sand, or sand.
The C horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 3. It is loamy fine sand, loamy sand, fine sand, or sand. It is mildly alkaline or moderately alkaline and has slight to strong effervescence.
The 2C horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y, or is neutral; value of 4 to 6; and chroma of 0 to 6. It is clay loam, loam, silt loam, or silty clay loam. Thin lenses of fine sand or sand are in some pedons.
COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series. Similar soils are the Breckenridge, Brevort, Burleigh, Corunna, Edmore, Essexville, Granby, Pinconning, Roscommon, and Wauseon series. Breckenridge, Brevort, Burleigh, Pinconning, and Roscommon soils have frigid temperatures. The Breckenridge and Corunna soils are coarse-loamy. Edmore soils do not have mollic epipedons and are sandy. Essexville soils are calcareous. Granby soils are sandy. Wauseon soils are coarse-loamy over clayey.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Belleville soils are on nearly level lake plains and till plains. Slopes range from 0 to 2 percent. The soils formed in sandy glaciofluvium underlain by loamy glacial or lacustrine sediments at depths of 20 to 40 inches. The mean annual precipitation ranges from 29 to 37 inches, and the mean annual temperature ranges from 46 to 50 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: The well drained and moderately well drained Metea soils and somewhat poorly drained Selfridge soils are in a drainage sequence with Belleville soils. In most landscapes with the Belleville soils are the Corunna, Granby, Oakville, Pewamo, Tedrow, and Thetford soils. The Oakville and Tedrow soils do not have loamy material. The Pewamo soils do not have sandy material. The Thetford
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly and very poorly drained. Surface runoff is very slow or ponded. Permeability is rapid in the sandy horizons and moderately slow in the 2C horizon.
USE AND VEGETATION: The greater part of these soils is cropped to corn, soybeans, and small grains. A few areas of these soils are in pasture, idle land, woodland, truck crops, or sod production. The wooded areas are chiefly lowland hardwoods.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: The southeastern part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The series is of moderate extent.
MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Indianapolis, Indiana
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Wayne County, Michigan, 1974.
REMARKS: Classification was adjusted to agree with ST Issue #17 on 7 Sept 94 by CLG. Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: mollic epipedon - the zone from the surface to 11 inches (Ap horizon); aquic moisture regime.