IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Antung
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2008MI139010
  • User Pedon ID: 2008MI139010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2008MI139010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0204
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24104
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 42.9149444
  • Std. Longitude: -86.1461389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of SE 1/4
  • Map Unit: Gn—Granby fine sandy loam, lake plain, 0 to 2 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: M. Bromley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Histic Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Antung
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Histic Humaquepts
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: woody organic material over sandy lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods begining in apr
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    ALNUS

    LIBE3

    ONSE

    PAQU2

    POPUL

    VIRI

    Alnus

    Lindera benzoin

    Onoclea sensibilis

    Parthenocissus quinquefolia

    Populus

    Vitis riparia

    alder

    northern spicebush

    sensitive fern

    Virginia creeper

    cottonwood

    riverbank grape

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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

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    183.5

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    Oa1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2.5/2) rubbed and reddish black (2.5YR 2.5/1) broken face muck; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and fine prominent irregular reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.
    Oa2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); variegated 60 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and 30 percent black (5YR 2.5/1) and 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) muck; massive parts to moderate medium subangular blocky; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent medium prominent irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine prominent irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.
    C1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); variegated 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; 1 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent coarse prominent irregular grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 5 percent medium prominent irregular grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; Sieving in MLRA lab confirmed original texture field estimate of medium sand.
    C2—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent medium distinct irregular grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket. Sieving in MLRA lab confirmed original texture field estimate of medium sand.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.
    C3—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) stratified stratified coarse sand to sand; single grain; loose; 6 percent by volume 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; Sieving in MLRA lab confirmed original texture field estimate of medium sand.
    C4—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket. Sieving in MLRA lab confirmed original texture field estimate of medium sand.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.