IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SND
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: F2006MI121008
  • User Pedon ID: F2006MI121008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2006MI121008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0385
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18891
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 43.4463611
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2296111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4 of NE1/4 of SW1/4
  • Map Unit: MhB—Montcalm and Chelsea soils, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI121—Muskegon
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI121—Muskegon County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-D2—Big Blue Lake, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Tardy, Scott Eversoll and Matt Bromley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Isotic, mesic Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/16/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Benona
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: pitted outwash plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/11/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ACRU

    HAMAM

    MACA4

    MIRE

    OSVI

    PIST

    PYROL

    QUAL

    QURU

    SAAL5

    VAAN

    VIOLA

    Acer rubrum

    Hamamelis

    Maianthemum canadense

    Mitchella repens

    Ostrya virginiana

    Pinus strobus

    Pyrola

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Sassafras albidum

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    Viola

    red maple

    witchhazel

    Canada mayflower

    partridgeberry

    hophornbeam

    eastern white pine

    wintergreen

    white oak

    northern red oak

    sassafras

    lowbush blueberry

    violet

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

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    0—8

    152—203

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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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    206

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1), dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), dry; fine sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 10.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    AE—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) and brown (7.5YR 4/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), dry; fine sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 10.0 roots; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-10-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-10-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs3—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs4—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E'—61 to 152 centimeters (24.0 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E and Bt—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 1 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay bridges; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. Clay bridging in lamellae; continuous - phpvsfiid 339502; continuous - phpvsfiid 339502