IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kerston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: F2009MI121006
  • User Pedon ID: S09MI121006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2009MI121006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24938
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 43.3411407
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3377533
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 203 feet West and 3 foot South of Northeast corner, NE1/4 of NE1/4 of NE1/4
  • Map Unit: Ku—Kerston muck
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI121—Muskegon
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI121—Muskegon County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-C3—Dalton, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Erin Lynn Segar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kerston
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • 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: dip
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/3/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    ADIAN

    BEAL2

    FRPE

    GALIU

    ONSE

    OSCI

    PAQU2

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Adiantum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Fraxinus pennsylvanica

    Galium

    Onoclea sensibilis

    Osmunda cinnamomea

    Parthenocissus quinquefolia

    red maple

    sugar maple

    maidenhair fern

    yellow birch

    green ash

    bedstraw

    sensitive fern

    cinnamon fern

    Virginia creeper

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

    9/3/2009

    51

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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

    0

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    Oa1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) muck; moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 0.5 very coarse roots and 3.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 7 percent fine dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00368; observed in pit, small
    Oa2—20 to 37 centimeters (7.9 to 14.6 inches); 98 percent black (10YR 2/1) muck; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 4 percent by volume wood fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00369; observed in pit, small. Sand lenses 2 to 4 mm thick
    Oa3—37 to 57 centimeters (14.6 to 22.4 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) muck; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00370; observed in pit, small
    C—57 to 203 centimeters (22.4 to 79.9 inches); 75 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 15 percent N 2.5/1 (N 2.5/1) and 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) stratified stratified sand to muck; structureless single grain, and structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent by volume wood fragments. Lab sample # 10N00371; observed in auger, bucket. Organic strat 2 to 5 cm thick. Total thickness of organic strata in horizon is 20 cm.