IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Covert
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2007MI139010
  • User Pedon ID: 2007MI139010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2007MI139010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0077
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19365
  • Print Date: 1/26/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 42.9769440
  • Std. Longitude: -86.1830826
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 of NW1/4 of SW1/4
  • Map Unit: CrB—Croswell sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI139—Ottawa
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI139—Ottawa County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42086-H2—Port Sheldon, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Erin Lynn Segar, J Scott Eversoll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, mesic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Covert
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/22/2009
  • Classifier - Steve Tardy
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Covert
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/2007
  • Classifier - Scott Eversoll
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: dune
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/29/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Scott Eversoll
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIST

    SAAL5

    SMILA2

    Pinus strobus

    Sassafras albidum

    Smilax

    eastern white pine

    sassafras

    greenbrier

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    endosaturation

    ochric epipedon

    albic materials

    spodic horizon

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    0—15

    8—15

    15—25

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    —15—

    —7—

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    5

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    191

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    107

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear irregular boundary.; observed in pit, small
    E—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); variegated 50 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) and 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3), 50 percent dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) and 35 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; clear broken boundary.; observed in pit, small. Original field texture was sand.
    Bs1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); variegated 40 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; gradual broken boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 0.9 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Original field texture was sand.
    Bs3—46 to 102 centimeters (18.1 to 40.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; rapid permeability; 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; 4 percent prominent organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Original field texture was sand.; continuous - phpvsfiid 370481; continuous - phpvsfiid 370481
    BC1—102 to 147 centimeters (40.2 to 57.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; rapid permeability; 0.9 fine roots; 2 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Original field texture was sand.
    BC2—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); variegated 60 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 40 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in auger, bucket. Original field texture was sand.
    C—203 to 249 centimeters (79.9 to 98.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; single grain; very friable; rapid permeability; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter.; observed in auger, bucket. Original field texture was sand.