IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vistula
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010MI117008
  • User Pedon ID: S2010MI117008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2010MI117008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0160
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43436
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 43.2602500
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0637500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • Map Unit: PlfaeB—Plainfield-Spinks sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI117—Montcalm
  • 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: MI117—Montcalm County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-C1—Stanton, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt Bromley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Psammentic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vistula
  • PSC - 120 to 170 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/2012
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Spinks
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Lamellic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/2010
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/2010 (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 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 17
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    CAREX

    FAGR

    HAMAM

    LONIC

    PIST

    PRSE2

    QUAL

    QUVE

    VAAN

    Acer rubrum

    Carex

    Fagus grandifolia

    Hamamelis

    Lonicera

    Pinus strobus

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus alba

    Quercus velutina

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    red maple

    sedge

    American beech

    witchhazel

    honeysuckle

    eastern white pine

    black cherry

    white oak

    black oak

    lowbush blueberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    argillic horizon

    0—10

    89—120

    120—200

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    —31—

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

    11/8/2010

    11/8/2010

    50

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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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    260

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; 4 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 very coarse roots throughout and 6.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume , 4 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00751; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—10 to 34 centimeters (3.9 to 13.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; 4 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 11 percent by volume , 17 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00752; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—34 to 60 centimeters (13.4 to 23.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; 3 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 6.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 13 percent by volume , 20 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 11N00753; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—60 to 89 centimeters (23.6 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; 1 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume , 4 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00754; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E and Bt—89 to 120 centimeters (35.0 to 47.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand, loamy sand; 4 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume , 7 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 11N00755; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C/Bt—120 to 200 centimeters (47.2 to 78.7 inches); 58 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 42 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sand, gravelly sand; 6 percent clay; single grain, and massive; very friable; rapid permeability; 1 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries; 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N00756, 11N00757; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket