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: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 42.9777489
  • 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.