IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ottokee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MI081005
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MI081005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979MI081005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S79MI-81-5
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69850
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 43.2512500
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6934444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 720 ft N and 200 ft W of the SE 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, K. Pregitzer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ottokee
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/26/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelsea
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1979
  • Classifier - C. Trettin, K. Pregitzer
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash terrace on glacial drainage channel
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/26/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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

    COPE80

    PHPR3

    POCO

    Comptonia peregrina

    Phleum pratense

    Poa compressa

    sweet fern

    timothy

    Canada bluegrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    lamellae

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—25

    77—150

    113—150

    113—150

    —25—

    —73—

    —37—

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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

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    238.2

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    930

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    8.2

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU7967
    Bw1—25 to 54 centimeters (9.8 to 21.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few fine roots; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU7968
    Bw2—54 to 77 centimeters (21.3 to 30.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU7969
    BE—77 to 113 centimeters (30.3 to 44.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium mottles; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU7970
    E and Bt—113 to 150 centimeters (44.5 to 59.1 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sand, loamy sand; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 25 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; single grain, and massive; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU7971, MTU7972