IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saugatuck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: F2008MI121001
  • User Pedon ID: F2008MI121001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2008MI121001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0654
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19962
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 43.1552505
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0596390
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4 of NW1/4
  • Map Unit: PpsaaA—Pipestone-Covert-Saugatuck sands, 0 to 3 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-B1—Sullivan, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J Scott Eversoll, Erin Segar, Matt Bromley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic, shallow, ortstein Duric Alaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saugatuck
  • PSC - 2 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/17/2009
  • Classifier - Steve Tardy
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saugatuck
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic, shallow, ortstein Typic Duraquods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/2008
  • Classifier - Scott Eversoll
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: nearshore zone (relict)
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/2/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Matt Bromley
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    DRCA11

    FAGR

    MACA4

    PAQU2

    PIRE

    PTERI

    RUHIS3

    SAAL5

    Acer rubrum

    Dryopteris carthusiana

    Fagus grandifolia

    Maianthemum canadense

    Parthenocissus quinquefolia

    Pinus resinosa

    Pteridium

    Rubus hispidus var. suberectus

    Sassafras albidum

    red maple

    spinulose woodfern

    American beech

    Canada mayflower

    Virginia creeper

    red pine

    brackenfern

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    sassafras

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ortstein

    strongly coherent

    33 - 43

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

    ochric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    ortstein

    0—33

    33—51

    33—51

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    6/2/2008

    6/2/2008

    51

    102

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    9

    12
    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

    1

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    200

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, 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.
    A—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots and 12.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 12.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, pH meter; clear broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; Sieving in MLRA lab confirmed original texture field estimate of medium sand.
    AE—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); 90 percent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) and 10 percent gray (7.5YR 5/1), gray (7.5YR 6/1), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 12.0 medium roots and 12.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Original field estimate of texture was medium sand. Changed to fine sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.
    E—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); 90 percent gray (7.5YR 5/1) and 10 percent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), light gray (7.5YR 7/1), dry; fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. E horizon tongues in the profile.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; Original field estimate of texture was medium sand. Changed to fine sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.
    Bhsm—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); 40 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2.5/3) and 40 percent reddish black (2.5YR 2.5/1) and 20 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) fine sand; massive; strongly coherent; moderately rapid permeability; 0.8 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 100 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented ortstein fragments fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Bhsm horizon tongues in the profile. Colors of ortstein are same as the horizon colors and percents.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; Sieving in MLRA lab confirmed original texture field estimate of medium sand.
    Bs—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); 60 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and 20 percent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) and 20 percent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 0.8 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.8 coarse roots; 25 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented ortstein fragments fragments and 25 percent by volume moderately coherent cemented ortstein fragments fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. Original field estimate of texture was medium sand. Changed to fine sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; Bs horizon tongues in the profile. Colors of ortstein are same as the horizon colors and percents.
    BC—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 5 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; Original field estimate of texture was medium sand. Changed to fine sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.
    C1—81 to 165 centimeters (31.9 to 65.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 25 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. Original field estimate of texture was medium sand. Changed to fine sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.
    C2—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; Original field estimate of texture was medium sand. Changed to fine sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.