IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Okee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MI081002
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MI081002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980MI081002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S80MI-81-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72179
  • Print Date: 1/25/2025

    • 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: 43.2095278
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2643333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1120 ft N and 570 ft W of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: PlfaeB—Plainfield-Spinks sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI081—Kent
  • 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: MI081—Kent County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-B3—Greenville West, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Trettin, T. Williams, K. Pregitzer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Okee
  • PSC - 92 to 142 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/27/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Okee
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, mesic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1980
  • Classifier - C. Trettin, T. Williams, K. Pregitzer
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/27/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley
  • 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
    • 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

    redox concentrations

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    lamellae

    0—23

    79—170

    92—126

    92—170

    92—126

    126—170

    20—23—24

    —91—

    34—34—43

    —78—

    34—34—43

    —44—
    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

    0

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    259.1

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    883

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    8.4

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; common medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80233
    Bw1—23 to 31 centimeters (9.1 to 12.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common medium roots and common fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80234
    Bw2—31 to 50 centimeters (12.2 to 19.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few medium roots and common fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80235
    BE—50 to 79 centimeters (19.7 to 31.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few medium roots and few fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80236
    E—79 to 92 centimeters (31.1 to 36.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; few roots; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80237
    B/Ex—92 to 126 centimeters (36.2 to 49.6 inches); 85 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 15 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) very fine sandy loam, very fine sand; moderate very thick platy structure; firm; moderately rapid permeability; few roots between peds; few fine pores; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent coarse prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 25 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80238
    E and Bt—126 to 170 centimeters (49.6 to 66.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sand, loamy sand; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; few fine roots and few coarse roots; 4 percent by volume mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU80239, MTU80240