IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saugatuck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: F2009MI121005
  • User Pedon ID: F2009MI121005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2009MI121005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24937
  • 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: 43.1570549
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0857468
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 of SW1/4 of NW1/4
  • Location Description: 1652 feet South and 241 feet East of Northwest corner
  • 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: 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: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saugatuck
  • PSC - 33 to 49 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/2012
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh 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 - 9/2/2009
  • 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
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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: 9/2/2009 (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

    BEAL2

    FAGR

    MACA4

    OSCI

    SAAL5

    TSCA

    Acer rubrum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Fagus grandifolia

    Maianthemum canadense

    Osmunda cinnamomea

    Sassafras albidum

    Tsuga canadensis

    red maple

    yellow birch

    American beech

    Canada mayflower

    cinnamon fern

    sassafras

    eastern hemlock

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

    ortstein

    ortstein

    moderately coherent

    strongly coherent

    49 - 71

    71 - 89

    - 22 -

    - 18 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    ortstein

    spodic horizon

    0—49

    19—49

    49—89

    49—155

    —49—

    —30—

    —40—

    —106—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    9/2/2009

    9/2/2009

    51

    100

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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

    2

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    195

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    290

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    Oi—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; 20.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    AE—8 to 19 centimeters (3.1 to 7.5 inches); variegated 70 percent dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) and 20 percent gray (7.5YR 6/1) and 10 percent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    E—19 to 49 centimeters (7.5 to 19.3 inches); 75 percent light gray (7.5YR 7/1) and 25 percent gray (7.5YR 5/1) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and single grain; very friable; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bhsm1—49 to 71 centimeters (19.3 to 28.0 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) sand; massive, and moderate medium platy; moderately coherent; moderate permeability; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; 90 percent by volume moderately coherent cemented ortstein fragments fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear irregular boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bhsm2—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) sand; massive; strongly coherent; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; 95 percent by volume strongly coherent cemented ortstein fragments fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear irregular boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bs—89 to 155 centimeters (35.0 to 61.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; rapid permeability; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter.; observed in auger, bucket
    BC—155 centimeters (61.0 inches); fine sand; rapid permeability; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter.; observed in auger, bucket