IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kingsville

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: F2008MI121023

User Pedon ID: F2008MI121023

Vegetation Plot ID: F2008MI121023

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Pedon # - 09N0195

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24095

Print Date: 11/26/2024

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: 43.2839444

Std. Longitude: -85.9804444

Datum: WGS84

Township: 10N

Range: 14W

Section: 4

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

Map Unit: Ra—Roscommon and Au Gres sands

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: Steve Tardy, John Scott Eversoll

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 - 9/19/2008

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 lacustrine deposits

Landform: lake plain

Geomorphic Component Flats: talf

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: poorly

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/19/2008 (actual site observation date)

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 CAREX FRPE ONSE POGR4 QUAL SMRO ULMUS	Acer rubrum Carex Fraxinus pennsylvanica Onoclea sensibilis Populus grandidentata Quercus alba Smilax rotundifolia Ulmus	red maple sedge green ash sensitive fern bigtooth aspen white oak roundleaf greenbrier elm	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —

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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); 90 percent black (7.5YR 2.5/1) and 10 percent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), dry; mucky sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 0.5 very coarse roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-55-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter.; observed in pit, small. Sieving in MLRA lab confirmed original texture field estimate of medium sand.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.

BA—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 20 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-55-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; 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—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) sand; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 5 percent prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, organic stains; 1 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent fine prominent irregular light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-55-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear irregular boundary.; observed in pit, small. Sieving in MLRA lab confirmed original texture field estimate of medium sand.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; patchy - phpvsfiid 420330; patchy - phpvsfiid 420330

C2—53 to 107 centimeters (20.9 to 42.1 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 15 percent coarse distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-55-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter.; wet, satiated 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.

Cg—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sand; single grain; loose; 50 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-55-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter.; wet, satiated 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.