IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tekenink
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012MI117012
  • User Pedon ID: S2012MI117012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012MI117012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0263
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55283
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 43.3400833
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1330278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 15
  • Map Unit: Mt—Montcalm loamy sand and sandy loam, 6 to 10 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-D1—Edmore, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Marc Zucco
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tekenink
  • PSC - 82 to 132 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Remus
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Glossudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/2012
  • Classifier - MZ
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/16/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Marc Zucco
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—33

    33—180

    82—200

    —33—

    —147—

    —118—
    Pedon Horizon Bulk Density
    Horizon Depth to Top Depth to Bottom Method Data Collector Field Moist Volume Field Moist Sample Wt. Air Dry Sample Wt. Field Moist Co. Fragment Wt. Air Dry Fragment Wt. Fragment Density Coarse Fragment Volume Air Dry Subsample Wt. Oven Dry Subsample Wt. Grav Soil Moist % Whole Soil Grav Soil Moist % Fine Earth Bulk Density FM Fine Soil Bulk Density FM Whole Soill Bulk Density OD fINE Earth Bulk Density OD Fine Earth Bulk Density Satiated
    cm cm3 g g/cm3 cm3 g % g/cm3

    Ap

    E/B

    B/E

    Bt

    C

    0

    33

    82

    180

    200

    33

    82

    180

    200

    220

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    MZ

    MZ

    MZ

    MZ

    MZ

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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

    3

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    286

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    Ap—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common (4.0) very fine roots and common (4.0) fine roots; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N00592; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E/B—33 to 82 centimeters (13.0 to 32.3 inches); 85 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), 85 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loamy sand, fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; few (0.5) very fine roots and few (0.5) fine roots; 5 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N00593; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1064083; patchy - phpvsfiid 1064083
    B/E—82 to 180 centimeters (32.3 to 70.9 inches); 58 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 42 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), 58 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 42 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam, sandy clay loam, loamy sand; 13 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; few (0.5) very fine roots and few (0.5) fine roots; common very fine pores; 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N00594; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1064084; patchy - phpvsfiid 1064084
    Bt—180 to 200 centimeters (70.9 to 78.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; common very fine pores; 8 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N00595; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1064085; patchy - phpvsfiid 1064085
    C—200 to 220 centimeters (78.7 to 86.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), 10Y 7/3 (10Y 7/3), dry; sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 13N00596; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket