Marquette County Soil Descriptions

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Ac - Adrian mucky peat, deep

Ad - Adrian mucky peat, shallow

Ae - Adrian mucky peat, deep, stratified subsoil variant

Ak - Adrian mucky peat, shallow, stratified subsoil variant

Am - Alluvial land

An - Alluvial land, wet

Ao - Ankeny fine sandy loam

BmB - Boyer loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes

BmC2 - Boyer loamy fine sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

BmD2 - Boyer loamy fine sand, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded

BmE2 - Boyer loamy fine sand, 20 to 30 percent slopes, eroded

BnB - Boyer fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

BnC2 - Boyer fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

BnD2 - Boyer fine sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded

BoA - Boyer fine sandy loam, dark surface variant, 0 to 2 percent slopes

BoB - Boyer fine sandy loam, dark surface variant, 2 to 6 percent slopes

BoC2 - Boyer fine sandy loam, dark surface variant, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

BrB - Boyer-Oshtemo loamy sands, 2 to 6 percent slopes

BrC2 - Boyer-Oshtemo loamy sands, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

BsA - Briggsville loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

BsB - Briggsville loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

BsC2 - Briggsville loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

BsD2 - Briggsville loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded

BvA - Briggsville silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

BvB - Briggsville silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

CaB - Casco fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

CaC2 - Casco fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

CaD2 - Casco fine sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded

CaE2 - Casco fine sandy loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, eroded

Co - Colwood fine sandy loam

DeB - Delton loamy fine sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes

DeC2 - Delton loamy fine sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

DfA - Delton fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

DfB - Delton fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

DfC2 - Delton fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

FmB - Fox sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

FmC2 - Fox sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

FoB - Fox loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

FoC2 - Fox loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

GlA - Gotham loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes

GlB - Gotham loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes

GlC - Gotham loamy fine sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes

GlD - Gotham loamy fine sand, 12 to 20 percent slopes

GmA - Gotham loamy fine sand, loamy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes

GmB - Gotham loamy fine sand, loamy substratum, 2 to 6 percent slopes

GmC2 - Gotham loamy fine sand, loamy substratum, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

GmD2 - Gotham loamy fine sand, loamy substratum, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded

GnA - Gotham fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

GnB - Gotham fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

GoA - Gotham fine sandy loam, loamy substratum, 1 to 3 percent slopes

Gr - Granby loamy fine sand

Gs - Granby fine sandy loam

Gt - Granby fine sandy loam, loamy substratum

Hm - Houghton mucky peat

Hp - Houghton peat, acid variant

Ke - Keowns fine sandy loam

LpB - Lapeer-Pardeeville fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes

LpC2 - Lapeer-Pardeeville fine sandy loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

LpD2 - Lapeer-Pardeeville fine sandy loams, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded

LpE2 - Lapeer-Pardeeville fine sandy loams, 20 to 30 percent slopes, eroded

LrA - Lorenzo loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

LrB - Lorenzo loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

Ma - Marsh

McD2 - Mecan loamy fine sand, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded

McE2 - Mecan loamy fine sand, 20 to 30 percent slopes, eroded

MeB - Mecan fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

MeC2 - Mecan fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

MfB - Metea loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes

MfC2 - Metea loamy fine sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

MfD - Metea loamy fine sand, 12 to 20 percent slopes

MlB - Metea loamy fine sand, sandy substratum, 2 to 6 percent slopes

MlC2 - Metea loamy fine sand, sandy substratum, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

MmB - Metea fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

MmC - Metea fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes

MmD2 - Metea fine sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded

MnB - Metea fine sandy loam, sandy substratum, 2 to 6 percent slopes

MnC2 - Metea fine sandy loam, sandy substratum, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

MoA - Metea fine sandy loam, stratified substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes

MoB - Metea fine sandy loam, stratified substratum, 2 to 6 percent slopes

MoC - Metea fine sandy loam, stratified substratum, 6 to 12 percent slopes

MrA - Montello loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

MrB - Montello loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

MsA - Montello silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

MsB - Montello silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

MtA - Mosel fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

MuA - Mosel loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

MvA - Moundville loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes

MwA - Moundville fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

MxA - Mundelein loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

MyA - Mundelein silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

OsA - Oshtemo loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes

OsB - Oshtemo loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes

OsC2 - Oshtemo loamy fine sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

OsD2 - Oshtemo loamy fine sand, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded

OtA - Oshtemo fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

OtB - Oshtemo fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

OtC2 - Oshtemo fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

Pa - Palms mucky peat, deep

Pc - Palms mucky peat, shallow

PfC2 - Plainfield sand, 0 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

PfD2 - Plainfield sand, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded

PlA - Plainfield loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes

PlB - Plainfield loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes

PlC - Plainfield loamy fine sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes

PlD2 - Plainfield loamy fine sand, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded

PnB - Plainfield-Wyocena complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes

PnC - Plainfield-Wyocena complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes

PnE - Plainfield-Wyocena complex, 12 to 30 percent slopes

Po - Poygan fine sandy loam

Ps - Poygan silty clay loam

Ro - Rollin mucky peat

SeA - Seward fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

SeB - Seward fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

SoA - Sisson fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

SoB2 - Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded

SsA - Sisson loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

SsB - Sisson loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

StF - Steep sandy land

TdA - Tedrow loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes

TeA - Tedrow loamy fine sand, loamy substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopes

TfA - Tedrow fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes

TlA - Tedrow fine sandy loam, loamy substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopes

WoB - Wyocena loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes

WoC - Wyocena loamy fine sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes

WoD - Wyocena loamy fine sand, 12 to 20 percent slopes

WoE - Wyocena loamy fine sand, 20 to 30 percent slopes

WyB - Wyocena fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

WyC2 - Wyocena fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded

YaA - Yahara fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes