IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kingsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MI073008
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MI073008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980MI073008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S80MI-73-8
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72608
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: 43.6035000
  • Std. Longitude: -84.6421944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 2375 ft N and 1480 ft E of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: 20A—Pipestone sand, Erie-Huron Lake Plain, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI073—Isabella
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI073—Isabella County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43084-E6—Shepherd, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Lemasters, B. McLeese
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Humaqueptic Psammaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kingsville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/8/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kingsville
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Mollic Psammaquents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1980
  • Classifier - G. LeMasters, B. McLeese
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: glacial delta
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/8/2013 (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

    BEPA

    POGR4

    Acer rubrum

    Betula papyrifera

    Populus grandidentata

    red maple

    paper birch

    bigtooth aspen

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—16

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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

    1

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    222.9

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    809

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    161

    8

    20.3

    -4.8

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    205662

    Central Michigan University

    COOP
    A—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); black (N 2/),, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many medium roots and many fine roots and many coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80224
    Bg1—16 to 30 centimeters (6.3 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sand; 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coarse faint mottles; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few medium roots and few fine roots; organic stains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80225
    Bg2—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium faint and 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coarse distinct mottles; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; organic stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80226
    BCg—53 to 90 centimeters (20.9 to 35.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium faint and 25 percent brown (10YR 5/3) coarse faint mottles; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80227; wet when described;
    Cg—90 to 150 centimeters (35.4 to 59.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified.; wet when described;