IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SAUGATUCK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999MI159001
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MI159001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0348
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11207
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 42.3016663
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2438889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 2490 feet south and 55 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Van Buren County
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI159—Van Buren
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI159—Van Buren County, Michigan
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DLM, GFT
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SAUGATUCK
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Typic Durorthods
  • Classificaton Date - 4/14/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/14/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • 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

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01804
    E—18 to 31 centimeters (7.1 to 12.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01805
    Bhsm1—31 to 41 centimeters (12.2 to 16.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sand; massive; strongly coherent; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01806. (uncertain if the latter color is a redoximorphic feature or the result of difference in illuviation)
    Bhsm2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; massive; moderately cemented; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01807
    Bs1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01808. with 40% brown (7.5YR 4/4) moderately cemented orstein
    Bs2—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01809. 25% brown (7.5YR 4/4) moderately cemented orstein.
    C1—84 to 135 centimeters (33.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P01810. with many coarse prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) redox concentrations.
    C2—135 to 158 centimeters (53.1 to 62.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 99P01811. with common medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/3) redox concentrations.