IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kingsville

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: F2008MI121022

User Pedon ID: F2008MI121022

Vegetation Plot ID: F2008MI121022

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Pedon # - 09N0194

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24094

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 43.2930833

Std. Longitude: -85.9792222

Datum: WGS84

Township: 10N

Range: 14W

Section: 4

PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of NW 1/4

Map Unit: Ga—Granby loamy sand, lake plain, 0 to 2 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: 43085-C8—Bridgeton, Michigan

PEDON

Describers Name: M. Bromley

Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Mollic Psammaquents

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Kingsville

Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Mollic Psammaquents

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/18/2008

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture SUBClass - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: sandy lacustrine deposits

Landform: lake plain

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/18/2008 (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
ACRU ATFI BEPA CAREX FRPE GALIU LIBE3 ONSE OSCI OSRE POGR4 PRSE2 QUAL TIAM URTIC VIOLA	Acer rubrum Athyrium filix-femina Betula papyrifera Carex Fraxinus pennsylvanica Galium Lindera benzoin Onoclea sensibilis Osmunda cinnamomea Osmunda regalis Populus grandidentata Prunus serotina Quercus alba Tilia americana Urtica Viola	red maple common ladyfern paper birch sedge green ash bedstraw northern spicebush sensitive fern cinnamon fern royal fern bigtooth aspen black cherry white oak American basswood nettle violet	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

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	—	—	215	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); variegated 70 percent black (7.5YR 2/1) and 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), dry; mucky sand; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear 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 field texture estimate of medium sand.

CA—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); variegated 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 25 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, 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 field texture estimate of medium sand.

C1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); variegated 50 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 50 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, organic stains; 5 percent coarse faint irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, 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 field texture estimate of medium sand.

C2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); variegated 60 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 40 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 13 percent coarse faint irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter.; wet when described; observed in pit, small. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; Sieving in MLRA lab confirmed original field texture estimate of medium sand.

C3—61 to 99 centimeters (24.0 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent coarse faint irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, 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 field texture estimate of medium sand.

C4—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent medium distinct irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, 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 field texture estimate of medium sand.