IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Covert
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MI159002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973MI159002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973MI159002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1976
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36134
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 42.3280678
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2824707
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1040 feet S and 30 feet E of the NE corner
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI159—Van Buren
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI159—Van Buren County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42086-C3—Covert, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Austin
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Covert
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Entic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1973
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ELRE4

    POA

    Elymus repens

    Poa

    quackgrass

    bluegrass

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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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    813

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    8.3

    19.4

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15715
    A2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; single grain; loose; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15716
    B1hir—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15717
    B2hir—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15718
    B2ir—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15719
    C—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15720