IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mecosta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MI107001
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MI107001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978MI107001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S78MI-107-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70074
  • 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: 43.5864167
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5242222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of SE 1/4
  • Map Unit: 47B—Mecosta sand, 0 to 4 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI107—Mecosta
  • 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: MI107—Mecosta County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-E5—Big Bend, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Trettin, P. Corder, E. Tompkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mecosta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mecosta
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1978
  • Classifier - C. Trettin, P. Corder, E. Tompkins
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash over sandy and gravelly outwash over calcareous sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/15/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - yes
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIRE

    Pinus resinosa

    red pine

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—23

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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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    256.7

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    891

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    7.5

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common very fine roots; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU7866
    Bw1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few very fine roots; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU7867
    Bw2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common very fine roots; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7868
    2Bt1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) gravelly sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; very rapid permeability; common very fine roots; 30 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MTU7869
    2Bt2—61 to 68 centimeters (24.0 to 26.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very gravelly sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; very rapid permeability; common very fine roots; 40 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MTU7870
    3C—68 to 152 centimeters (26.8 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) extremely gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; very rapid permeability; common very fine roots; 65 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU7871