IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oakville

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2007MI139012

User Pedon ID: S2007MI139012

Vegetation Plot ID: F2007MI139012

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 08N0079

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19367

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: 42.9777489

Std. Longitude: -86.1848297

Datum: WGS84

Township: 7N

Range: 16W

Section: 22

PLSS Details: NE1/4 of SE 1/4 of

Location Description: Grand Haven Township

Map Unit: PlfabB—Plainfield sand, lake plain, 0 to 6 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: Matt Bromley, Erin Segar

Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Spodic Udipsamments

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Pedon #: 12

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Oakville

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/13/2015

Classifier - M. Bromley

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Grattan

Classificaton Date - 8/30/2007

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: eolian sands

Landform: dune on lake plain

Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Complexity: simple

Drainage Pattern: dendritic

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: excessively

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: yes

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/30/2007 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Matt Bromley

Surface Water Kind: none observed

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

Current Weather - partly cloudy

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ACRU ACRU HAMAM HAMAM PTERI PTERI SMILA2 SMILA2	Acer rubrum Acer rubrum Hamamelis Hamamelis Pteridium Pteridium Smilax Smilax	red maple red maple witchhazel witchhazel brackenfern brackenfern greenbrier greenbrier	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon	0—25	—25—

Site Soil Temperature
Site Obs. Date	Depth	Sensor Kind	Temperature
	cm		C
8/30/2007 8/30/2007	51 102	— —	16 15

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
25	—	—	193	—	40	854	—	—	8.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A/E—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); 45 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 45 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine sand; weak medium granular parts to structureless single grain; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 0.9 very coarse roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00505; observed in pit, small

Bs1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 4.0 very coarse roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 08N00506; observed in pit, small. Original field texture was sand.

Bs2—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00507; observed in pit, small. Original field texture was sand.

BC1—79 to 127 centimeters (31.1 to 50.0 inches); variegated 96 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 2 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00508; observed in pit, small. Original field texture was sand.

BC2—127 to 216 centimeters (50.0 to 85.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain, and weak coarse subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; very friable; 0.0 roots; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 08N00509; observed in pit, small. Original field texture was sand.