IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onekama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: Saginaw Lobe
  • User Site ID: S1979MI073003
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MI073003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - S79MI-73-3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 80329
  • User Project ID: 2016GRR001
  • Project Name: SDJR - MLRA 98 - Perrinton loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 43.6800028
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9021778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1,720 feet east and 1,350 feet south of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Nottawa Township
  • Map Unit: 22C—Onekama loam, Saginaw Lobe, 6 to 12 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI073—Isabella
  • 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: MI073—Isabella County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43084-F8—Weidman, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert L. McLeese, Erik P. Johnson, George E. Teachman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Glossic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Onekama
  • PSC - 28 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/2015
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/27/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Robert L. McLeese, Erik P. Johnson, George E. Teachman
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    interfingering of albic materials

    free carbonates

    0—28

    28—91

    28—41

    91—152

    —28—

    —63—

    —13—

    —61—
    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

    5

    —

    —

    265.7

    —

    809

    —

    161

    8

    20.3

    -4.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    205662

    Central Michigan University

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary.
    B/E (E)—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator solutions; abrupt irregular boundary.
    B/E (Bt)—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator solutions; abrupt irregular boundary.
    Bt1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80T7244
    Bt2—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 70 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80T7245
    C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; structureless massive; firm; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 80T7246