IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pipestone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007MI139007
  • User Pedon ID: S2007MI139007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F07MI139007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0723
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19387
  • Print Date: 9/23/2024

    • 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: 42.9468613
  • Std. Longitude: -86.1830521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7n
  • Range: 16w
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 1,415 feet north and 70 feet west of the southeast corner (ne 1/4 se 1/4)
  • Location Description: Grand Haven Township
  • Map Unit: Gr—Granby loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI139—Ottawa
  • 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: MI139—Ottawa County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42086-H2—Port Sheldon, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Tardy, J Scott Eversoll, Erin Segar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, mesic Oxyaquic Alorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pipestone
  • PSC - 33 to 108 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/24/2017
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - snd
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Aquentic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/3/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: shore complex on lake plain on lake plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Drainage Pattern: deranged
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/3/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Steve Tardy, J Scott Eversoll, and Erin Segar
  • 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

    ACRU

    CAREX

    CARYA

    FAGR

    GAPR2

    LYOB

    MACA4

    OSCI

    POGR4

    PRSE2

    PTERI

    QUAL

    TRIEN

    Acer rubrum

    Carex

    Carya

    Fagus grandifolia

    Gaultheria procumbens

    Lycopodium obscurum

    Maianthemum canadense

    Osmunda cinnamomea

    Populus grandidentata

    Prunus serotina

    Pteridium

    Quercus alba

    Trientalis

    red maple

    sedge

    hybrid hickory

    American beech

    eastern teaberry

    rare clubmoss

    Canada mayflower

    cinnamon fern

    bigtooth aspen

    black cherry

    brackenfern

    white oak

    starflower

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

    endosaturation

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    aquic conditions

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    0—20

    8—20

    20—38

    46—203

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    —157—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    7/3/2007

    7/3/2007

    51

    102

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    13

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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

    1

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    188

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    355

    863

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    8.7

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04426; observed in pit, small
    Oa—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face, brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face, dry; muck; weak fine granular, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 very coarse roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04427; observed in pit, small
    E—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face, brown (7.5YR 5/2) broken face, dry; fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 very coarse roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04428; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); variegated 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face and brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04429; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); variegated 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face and 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04430; observed in pit, small
    Bs3—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; 20 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04431; observed in pit, small
    C—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face fine sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04432; observed in pit, small
    Cg—122 to 203 centimeters (48.0 to 79.9 inches); variegated 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 40 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent fine distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N04433; observed in auger, bucket