IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pipestone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: F2008MI121014
  • User Pedon ID: F2008MI121014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2008MI121014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0667
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23973
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 43.2387238
  • Std. Longitude: -86.1354752
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 of SE1/4
  • Map Unit: CovabB—Covert-Pipestone sands, 0 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-B2—Muskegon East, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt Bromley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, mesic Spodic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pipestone
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/2009
  • Classifier - Steve Tardy
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pipestone
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Endoaquods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/2008
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • 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: 6/19/2008 (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 - 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

    PTERI

    PYROL

    QUAL

    QURU

    SAAL5

    VAAN

    VACO

    Acer rubrum

    Pteridium

    Pyrola

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Sassafras albidum

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    Vaccinium corymbosum

    red maple

    brackenfern

    wintergreen

    white oak

    northern red oak

    sassafras

    lowbush blueberry

    highbush blueberry

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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—10

    10—13

    10—13

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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

    4

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    202

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    138

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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; sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.
    E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); 70 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; sand; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy 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.
    Bhs—10 to 13 centimeters (3.9 to 5.1 inches); 50 percent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) and 20 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and 10 percent black (7.5YR 2.5/1) sand; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 10 percent moderately coherent cemented reddish black (2.5YR 2.5/1), moist, ortstein nodules; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, 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.
    Bs—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); 90 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) and 10 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear irregular 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.
    BC1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC2—41 to 80 centimeters (16.1 to 31.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; rapid permeability; 0.8 fine roots; 1 percent medium distinct 7.5YR 4/8 (7.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct 7.5YR 4/8 (7.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy 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.
    C1—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) sand; loose; rapid permeability; 0.8 fine roots; 5 percent medium distinct 7.5YR 4/8 (7.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume , 6 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; Original field estimate of texture was coarse sand. Changed to medium sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.
    C2—102 to 203 centimeters (40.2 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 1 percent medium distinct red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume , 4 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter.; 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.