IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oakville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MI081004
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MI081004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979MI081004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S79MI-81-4
  • User Project ID: 2021GRR017
  • Project Name: EVAL - MLRA 98 - Oakville fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 43.2132778
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3495556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 2560 ft N and 580 ft E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Spencer Township
  • Map Unit: 29B—Plainfield sand, 0 to 6 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-B3—Greenville West, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Trettin, K. Pregitzer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oakville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/27/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oakville
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1979
  • Classifier - C. Trettin, K. Pregitzer
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash over coarse-loamy drift
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F098XA013MI Piney Dry Sandy Drift Plains Jan 31 2024 Matt Bromley
  • Ecological State: 1 - Reference State

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/27/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIST

    Pinus strobus

    eastern white pine

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—5

    2—5—6
    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

    121

    —

    258.4

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    270

    881

    —

    138

    8.3

    20.3

    -4.6

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    —

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    203429

    Greenville 2 NNE

    NWS COOP
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7959
    Bw1—5 to 41 centimeters (2.0 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose; rapid permeability; common fine roots and common coarse roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7960
    Bw2—41 to 63 centimeters (16.1 to 24.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose; rapid permeability; common fine roots and few coarse roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-5-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7961
    BC1—63 to 97 centimeters (24.8 to 38.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few fine roots and few coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU7962
    BC2—97 to 133 centimeters (38.2 to 52.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU7963
    C1—133 to 235 centimeters (52.4 to 92.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter. Lab sample # MTU7964
    2C2—235 to 245 centimeters (92.5 to 96.5 inches); silt loam; 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter. Lab sample # MTU7965
    2C3—245 to 269 centimeters (96.5 to 105.9 inches); fine sandy loam; 7 percent by volume , 10 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-5-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # MTU7966