IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Spinks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MI085001
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MI085001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978MI085001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S78MI-85-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69101
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 44.0215694
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8960556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1340 feet N and 1690 feet E of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: 20B—Montcalm-Graycalm complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI085—Lake
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI600—Lake and Wexford Counties, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44085-A8—Peacock, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Trettin, D. Buchanan, E. Tompkins, R. Watson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Arenic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Spinks
  • PSC - 127 to 177 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/17/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Montcalm
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Eutric Glossoboralfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landform: kame moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Pattern: deranged
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/17/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley
  • 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

    ACSA3

    PIST

    QUERC

    Acer saccharum

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus

    sugar maple

    eastern white pine

    oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—5

    5—20

    76—228

    76—228

    —5—

    —15—

    —152—

    —152—
    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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    299.6

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    847

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    146

    8.1

    19.4

    -3.7

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    205065

    Manistee 3SE

    COOP
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU78101
    Bs1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU78102
    Bs2—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU78103
    BC—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU78104
    E/B—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); variegated 60 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) loamy sand, sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately rapid permeability; few roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU78105
    B/E—127 to 228 centimeters (50.0 to 89.8 inches); variegated 65 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and 35 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand, sand; structureless massive; friable; rapid permeability; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU78106