IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coloma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MI107004
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MI107004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979MI107004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S79MI-107-4
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69348
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 43.5998333
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5194722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 760 feet N and 730 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Mecosta Township
  • Map Unit: 11B—Coloma sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • 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-E5—Big Bend, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Tufvesson, P. Corder, P. Wernette, M. Punt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Coloma
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/13/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Coloma
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Alfic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1979
  • Classifier - D. Tufvesson, P. Corder, P. Wernette, M. Punt
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/12/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: D. Tufvesson, P. Corder, P. Wernette, M. Punt
  • 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? - yes
  • Kind of Land: nongrazable woodland understory
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIRE

    Pinus resinosa

    red pine

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

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    0—26

    99—170

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    —71—
    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

    1

    40

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    270.6

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    180

    886

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    7.4

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    Ap—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79321
    Bw1—26 to 43 centimeters (10.2 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; common medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU79322
    Bw2—43 to 55 centimeters (16.9 to 21.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; common fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU79323
    Bw3—55 to 99 centimeters (21.7 to 39.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; common fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79324
    E&Bt1 (Bt)—99 to 133 centimeters (39.0 to 52.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sand; very friable; rapid permeability; many fine roots; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79325, MTU79327
    E&Bt1 (E)—99 to 133 centimeters (39.0 to 52.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many fine roots; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79326
    E&Bt2 (Bt)—133 to 170 centimeters (52.4 to 66.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many fine roots; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter. Lab sample # MTU79328
    E&Bt2 (E)—133 to 170 centimeters (52.4 to 66.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many fine roots; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter. Lab sample # MTU79328