IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brems
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MI081001
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MI081001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S79MI-81-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72827
  • 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: 43.2651389
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6922222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 500 ft N and 80 ft E of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: 2B—Oakville fine sand, moderately wet, 0 to 4 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI081—Kent
  • 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: MI081—Kent County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-C6—Sand Lake SW, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Trettin, D. Tufvesson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brems
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/27/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oakville
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1979
  • Classifier - C. Trettin, D. Tufvesson
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: terrace on outwash plain
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/27/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    0—20

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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

    0

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    240.2

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    928

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    8.2

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; rapid permeability; common fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU7937
    Bw1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU7938
    Bw2—30 to 36 centimeters (11.8 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU7939
    BC—36 to 88 centimeters (14.2 to 34.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few fine roots; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7940; wet when described;
    C—88 to 126 centimeters (34.6 to 49.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU7941; wet when described;