IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grattan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MI081007
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MI081007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980MI081007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S80MI-81-7
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72454
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 43.2462778
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5348611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1120 ft S and 990 ft W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Nelson Township
  • Map Unit: 64B—Grattan sand, 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-B5—Cedar Springs, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Trettin, M. Miller, T. Williams, K. Hausler, J. Grigar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Spodic Dystrudepts
  • 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 - Grattan
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/26/2016
  • 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, M. Miller, T. Williams, K. Hausler, J. Grigar
  • 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: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/27/2013 (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

    PRSE2

    QUERC

    Acer saccharum

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus

    sugar maple

    black cherry

    oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    0—10

    4—10

    10—23

    —10—

    —6—

    —13—
    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

    4

    15

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    277.8

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    180

    905

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    8.1

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    Oe—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; coarse sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; common medium roots and many fine roots; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80270
    E—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; common medium roots and many fine roots; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80271
    Bs1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; common medium roots and many fine roots; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80272
    Bs2—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few medium roots and common fine roots; 9 percent by volume mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80273
    Bs3—53 to 100 centimeters (20.9 to 39.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) coarse sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few fine roots; 6 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80274
    BC—100 to 160 centimeters (39.4 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few fine roots; 8 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80275
    C—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few fine roots; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter. Lab sample # MTU80276, MTU80277, MTU80278