IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Spinks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MI073002
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MI073002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980MI073002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S80MI-73-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71063
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 43.6218222
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0434639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet E and 1000 ft S of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: 63D—Remus-Spinks complex, 12 to 18 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI073—Isabella
  • 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: MI073—Isabella County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-E1—Blanchard, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. LeMasters, B. McLeese
  • 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 - 90 to 140 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/2013
  • 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 - 1/1/1980
  • Classifier - G. LeMasters, B. McLeese
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: deranged
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/12/2013 (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

    ACSA3

    POGR4

    QUAL

    QURU

    QUVE

    Acer saccharum

    Populus grandidentata

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus velutina

    sugar maple

    bigtooth aspen

    white oak

    northern red oak

    black oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lamellae

    argillic horizon

    0—12

    12—31

    48—152

    90—152

    —12—

    —19—

    —104—

    —62—
    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

    6

    121

    —

    319.9

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    135

    809

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    161

    8

    20.3

    -4.8

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    205662

    Central Michigan University

    COOP
    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80188
    Oa—3 to 12 centimeters (1.2 to 4.7 inches); 7.5YR 2/ (7.5YR 2/), highly decomposed plant material; very friable; many very fine roots and many fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80189
    Bw1—12 to 31 centimeters (4.7 to 12.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; many very fine roots and many medium roots and many fine roots and many coarse roots; 25 percent by volume mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80190
    Bw2—31 to 48 centimeters (12.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many very fine roots and many medium roots and many fine roots and many coarse roots; 14 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80191
    E&Bt (Bt)—48 to 90 centimeters (18.9 to 35.4 inches); 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam, loamy sand; single grain, and massive; loose; rapid permeability; 13 percent by volume mixed fragments; 25 percent lamellae (volume percent); moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80192
    E&Bt (E)—48 to 90 centimeters (18.9 to 35.4 inches); 75 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain, and massive; loose; rapid permeability; 13 percent by volume mixed fragments; 25 percent lamellae (volume percent); moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80192
    Bt&E (E)—90 to 152 centimeters (35.4 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; massive, and single grain; friable; brittle; moderately rapid permeability; few fine low-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU80193
    Bt&E (Bt)—90 to 152 centimeters (35.4 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; massive, and single grain; friable; brittle; moderately rapid permeability; few fine low-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU80193