IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grattan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MI081003
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MI081003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980MI081003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S80MI-81-3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72255
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 43.2476389
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5238611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 660 ft S and 1,940 ft E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Nelson Township
  • Map Unit: 64C—Grattan sand, 6 to 12 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-B5—Cedar Springs, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Trettin, T. Williams, M. Miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Spodic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grattan
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2016
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grattan
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1980
  • Classifier - C. Trettin, T. Williams, M. Miller
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/6/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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

    QUERC

    Acer saccharum

    Quercus

    sugar maple

    oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—7

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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

    6

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    279.8

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    315

    904

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    8

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    A—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sand; weak medium granular structure; friable; many fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80241
    Bs1—7 to 21 centimeters (2.8 to 8.3 inches); 85 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80242, MTU80248
    Bs2—21 to 45 centimeters (8.3 to 17.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common medium roots and common fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80243
    Bs3—45 to 87 centimeters (17.7 to 34.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; common medium roots and few fine roots and few coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80244
    BC1—87 to 135 centimeters (34.3 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; brittle; few roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80245
    BC2—135 to 180 centimeters (53.1 to 70.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; few roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80246
    C—180 to 210 centimeters (70.9 to 82.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand; single grain; loose; few roots; 29 percent by volume indurated 2-5-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter. Lab sample # MTU80247