IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oakville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010MI121002
  • User Pedon ID: S2010MI121002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2010MI121002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0852
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40132
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024
  • 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: 43.3525278
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2562500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Dalton Township
  • Map Unit: PlfaaB—Plainfield sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI121—Muskegon
  • 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: MI121—Muskegon County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-C3—Dalton, Michigan
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Marc Zucco
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oakville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/3/2011
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/30/2010
  • Classifier - Marc Zucco
  • 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 glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: nearshore zone (relict)
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/30/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Matt Bromley
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    AE

    Bw1

    Bw2

    C

    6

    11

    24

    56

    98.1

    98.3

    98.8

    99.9

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    0

    0

    0.2

    0

    2

    1.9

    1

    0.3

    46.1

    40.8

    33.7

    30.6

    47.2

    53.2

    61.7

    67.2

    2.8

    2.4

    2.2

    1.8

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    AE

    Bw1

    Bw2

    C

    6

    11

    24

    56

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    AE

    Bw1

    Bw2

    C

    6

    11

    24

    56

    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    GAPR2

    PIRE

    PIST

    PTERI

    QUAL

    QURU

    QUVE

    VAAN

    Acer rubrum

    Gaultheria procumbens

    Pinus resinosa

    Pinus strobus

    Pteridium

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus velutina

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    red maple

    eastern teaberry

    red pine

    eastern white pine

    brackenfern

    white oak

    northern red oak

    black oak

    lowbush blueberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    0—11

    193—203

    —11—

    —10—

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

    3/30/2010

    3/30/2010

    51

    102

    5

    5

    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

    5

    207.5

    120

    876

    8.4

    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); variegated 60 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 40 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), 60 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04209; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    AE—6 to 11 centimeters (2.4 to 4.3 inches); variegated 90 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sand; 98 percent sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 4.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 10N04210; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—11 to 24 centimeters (4.3 to 9.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sand; 98 percent sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 10N04211; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—24 to 56 centimeters (9.4 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sand; 99 percent sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 4.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04212; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—56 to 203 centimeters (22.0 to 79.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; 100 percent sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 10N04213; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket