IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Covert
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MI107006
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MI107006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979MI107006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S79MI-107-6
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69076
  • Print Date: 1/26/2025

    • 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: 43.5111111
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5297500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 75 feet S and 1980 feet W of the NE corner
  • Map Unit: 14A—Covert sand, 0 to 3 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: G. LeMasters, P. Corder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Covert
  • PSC - 31 to 106 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/13/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Covert
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1979
  • Classifier - G. LeMasters, P. Corder
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/13/2013 (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

    ACRU

    QUAL

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    white oak

    northern red oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    redox concentrations

    0—19

    13—19

    19—33

    128—164

    —19—

    —6—

    —14—

    —36—
    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

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    284.9

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    904

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    7.4

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # MTU79335
    Oa—2 to 6 centimeters (0.8 to 2.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) highly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; friable; many fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79336
    A—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79337
    E—13 to 19 centimeters (5.1 to 7.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79338
    Bs1—19 to 33 centimeters (7.5 to 13.0 inches); variegated dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few medium roots and common fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MTU79339
    Bs2—33 to 59 centimeters (13.0 to 23.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few medium roots and few fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU79340
    Bs3—59 to 82 centimeters (23.2 to 32.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few medium roots and few coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU79341
    BC—82 to 128 centimeters (32.3 to 50.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU79342
    C1—128 to 148 centimeters (50.4 to 58.3 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few very fine roots; 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU79343
    C2—148 to 164 centimeters (58.3 to 64.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 10 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU79344; wet when described;