IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tekenink
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MI081006
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MI081006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980MI081006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S80MI-81-6
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69408
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 43.0481667
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4518611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1815 ft N and 339 ft W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Cannon Township
  • 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-A4—Cannonsburg, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Trettin, K. Pregitzer, K. Hausler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tekenink
  • PSC - 39 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tekenink
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Glossoboric Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1980
  • Classifier - C. Trettin, K. Pregitzer, K. Hausler
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - corn
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy till
  • Landform: till plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    0—23

    29—39

    39—74

    74—135

    —23—

    —10—

    —35—

    —61—
    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

    3

    15

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many fine roots; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80261
    E—23 to 29 centimeters (9.1 to 11.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium roots and common fine roots; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80262
    E/B—29 to 39 centimeters (11.4 to 15.4 inches); variegated pale brown (10YR 6/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brittle; common fine roots; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80263
    Bt1—39 to 56 centimeters (15.4 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; mottles; weak coarse platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine roots; faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80264. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1128477; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1128477
    Bt2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; common fine roots; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80265
    B/E1—74 to 103 centimeters (29.1 to 40.6 inches); variegated 85 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy loam, loamy fine sand; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; 1 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, ferromagnesian minerals; 6 percent by volume mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80266
    B/E2—103 to 135 centimeters (40.6 to 53.1 inches); variegated 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy loam, loamy fine sand; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 6 percent by volume mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80267. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1128478; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1128478
    B't—135 to 148 centimeters (53.1 to 58.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, ferromagnesian minerals; 4 percent by volume mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80268
    C—148 to 180 centimeters (58.3 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; massive; friable; few roots; 8 percent by volume mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU80269