IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shavenaugh
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975MI021012
  • User Pedon ID: S1975MI021012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975MI021012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1916
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36074
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 42.0233611
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3944444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 2120 feet S and 820 feet E of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: 11B—Oshtemo sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI021—Berrien
  • MLRA: 97—Southwestern Michigan Fruit and Vegetable Crop Belt
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI021—Berrien County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42086-A4—Benton Harbor, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Stroesenreuther and J. Larson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Psammentic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shavenaugh
  • PSC - 91 to 114 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/5/2014
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Spinks
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed Psammentic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1975
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - wheat
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash terrace on glacial drainage channel
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    91—114

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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

    1

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    197.6

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    957

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    9.8

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy coarse sand; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15242
    Bw1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy coarse sand; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15243
    Bw2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15244
    Bw3—53 to 91 centimeters (20.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly coarse sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15245
    Bt—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15246. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1231362; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1231362
    BC—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly coarse sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15247
    2C—135 to 168 centimeters (53.1 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15248. at 161 cm for base saturation