Soil type for Southfield Michigan

post by ejgreenwald on Jun 29, 2022

Not sure which soil type to select… See below results from soil map. If I understand correctly, AWC is 0.15 but the soil type is confusing. Any help appreciated! Thank you!

Soil map results attached:

SoilMap.pdf (89.8 KB)

post by tmcgahey on Jun 29, 2022

I’d recommend removing your address from this post…I might set grass zones to loam, and deeper rooted tree zones to clay, based on the profile. Of course all this is assuming you don’t have a lot of non-native soil on your property…

Description of Blount

• Landform: Knolls on moraines, flats on lake plains, drainageways on moraines, drainageways on lake plains
• Landform position (three-dimensional): Rise
• Down-slope shape: Linear
• Across-slope shape: Convex
• Parent material: Loamy ablation till

Typical profile

• H1 - 0 to 7 inches: loam
• H2 - 7 to 30 inches: clay
• H3 - 30 to 60 inches: silty clay loam

post by ejgreenwald on Jun 29, 2022

Thanks @tmcgahey! Removed. In terms of soil type, the confusing thing to me is that it shows Blount and Lenawee. I’m in Oakland county and never heard of Blount or Lenawee. Lenawee looks like a different soil type…

post by tmcgahey on Jun 29, 2022

There are thousands of specific soil types around the country that are region specific, but at the end of the day, they can fall into the sand, loam, clay, or some version of a mixture.

post by ejgreenwald on Jun 29, 2022

I’m just not sure whether to look at the soil types under Blount or under Lenawee. Any suggestions there?

post by ejgreenwald on Jun 29, 2022

Ok forget it - I think I understand, my soil type is both Blount-Lenawee which means some:

• H1 - 0 to 7 inches: loam
• H2 - 7 to 30 inches: clay
• H3 - 30 to 60 inches: silty clay loam

And some:

• H1 - 0 to 9 inches: silty clay loam
• H2 - 9 to 33 inches: silty clay loam
• H3 - 33 to 60 inches: silty clay loam

Thanks!