IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Spinks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MI107001
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MI107001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979MI107001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S79MI-107-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71309
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 15 feet S and 132 feet E of the NW corner
  • 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-F2—Mecosta NW, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Tufvesson, P. Corder, M. Punt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Lamellic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - Spinks
  • PSC - 56 to 106 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Spinks
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Psammentic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1979
  • Classifier - P. Corder
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/15/2013 (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

    BEPA

    QUERC

    Betula papyrifera

    Quercus

    paper birch

    oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    argillic horizon

    0—8

    56—191

    56—191

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    —135—

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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

    2

    25

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    45

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    Oe—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy sand; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79300
    E—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy sand; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many fine roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary.
    B/E—8 to 27 centimeters (3.1 to 10.6 inches); variegated 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy sand; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few medium roots and common fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU79301
    Bw—27 to 56 centimeters (10.6 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MTU79302
    E and Bt—56 to 88 centimeters (22.0 to 34.6 inches); 60 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; few very fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; 40 percent lamellae (volume percent); moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MTU79303
    Bt and E—88 to 158 centimeters (34.6 to 62.2 inches); 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; few very fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; 70 percent lamellae (volume percent); moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU79304
    E and B't—158 to 191 centimeters (62.2 to 75.2 inches); 70 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand, loamy sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few very fine roots; fragments; 30 percent lamellae (volume percent); moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU79305