IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: F2009MI123003
  • User Pedon ID: S09MI123003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2009MI123003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24942
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 43.3108330
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0166397
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 of SW1/4
  • Map Unit: 91D—Plainfield sand, 18 to 35 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI123—Newaygo
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI123—Newaygo County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-C1—Wolf Lake, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Tardy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Arenic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Benona
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Arenic Glossudalfs
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • 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 Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/27/2009 (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 - partly cloudy
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FAGR

    HAMAM

    PIST

    TSCA

    Fagus grandifolia

    Hamamelis

    Pinus strobus

    Tsuga canadensis

    American beech

    witchhazel

    eastern white pine

    eastern hemlock

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

    8/27/2009

    8/27/2009

    51

    100

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    16

    15
    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

    20

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    203

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    350

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    A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sand; weak medium granular, and weak coarse granular structure; very friable; 20.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00384; observed in pit, small
    E—12 to 20 centimeters (4.7 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; very friable; 12.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 10N00385; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00386; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—33 to 45 centimeters (13.0 to 17.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00387; observed in pit, small
    E'—45 to 68 centimeters (17.7 to 26.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) sand; single grain; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.3 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00388; observed in pit, small
    E/Bt—68 to 81 centimeters (26.8 to 31.9 inches); variegated 97 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/3) and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) fine sand, sandy loam, loamy sand; single grain, and massive; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. 20% Loamy Sand and 80% Sandy Loam
    EandBt—81 to 190 centimeters (31.9 to 74.8 inches); fine sand, loamy sand, sandy loam; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments.; observed in pit, small. at 81 cm bands, 10YR 5/4,m, that are 1/16 to 1/4 inches thick and 2-6 inches apart