IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coloma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2014MI107001
  • User Pedon ID: S2014MI107001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2014MI107001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0999
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79481
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 43.6001944
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5190000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 of SW 1/4
  • Map Unit: 11B—Coloma sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI107—Mecosta
  • 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: MI107—Mecosta County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-E5—Big Bend, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt Bromley, Jon Quisler, Chloe Bromley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Coloma
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/16/2015
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Coloma
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/24/2014
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley, Jon Quisler
  • 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: sandy outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Ksat Class Upper: high
  • Ksat Class Lower: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/24/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Matt Bromley, Jon Quisler, Chloe Bromley
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - yes
  • Current Weather - overcast
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bw

    E1

    E2

    E&Bt1 (E)

    E&Bt2 (E)

    0

    26

    53

    72

    107

    146

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    53

    72

    107

    146

    200

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    M. Bromley

    M. Bromley

    M. Bromley

    M. Bromley

    M. Bromley

    M. Bromley

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    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

    Ap

    Bw

    E1

    E2

    E&Bt1 (E)

    E&Bt2 (E)

    0

    26

    53

    72

    107

    146

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    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 %

    Ap

    Bw

    E1

    E2

    E&Bt1 (E)

    E&Bt2 (E)

    0

    26

    53

    72

    107

    146

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    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

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

    2MOSS

    SPHAG2

    PIRE

    FAGR

    PIST

    QUAL

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    Sphagnum

    Pinus resinosa

    Fagus grandifolia

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus alba

    Moss

    sphagnum

    red pine

    American beech

    eastern white pine

    white oak

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    overstory

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

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    0—26

    107—200

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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

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    Ap—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common very fine roots throughout and common very coarse roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter charcoal fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 0.02 ms/cm of electrical conductivity; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N04868; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—26 to 53 centimeters (10.2 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 0 ms/cm of electrical conductivity; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 14N04869; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E1—53 to 72 centimeters (20.9 to 28.3 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 0 ms/cm of electrical conductivity; - 85 - percent of the lateral area; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual broken boundary. Lab sample # 14N048670; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E2—72 to 107 centimeters (28.3 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 0 ms/cm of electrical conductivity; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N048671; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt1 (Bt)—107 to 146 centimeters (42.1 to 57.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face fine sand, loamy fine sand; very friable; rapid permeability; few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; 5 percent lamellae (volume percent); slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N048672; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt1 (E)—107 to 146 centimeters (42.1 to 57.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face fine sand, loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 0 ms/cm of electrical conductivity; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N048672; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt2 (Bt)—146 to 200 centimeters (57.5 to 78.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face sand, loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose; rapid permeability; few medium roots throughout; 30 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 4 percent lamellae (volume percent); moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 14N048673; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E&Bt2 (E)—146 to 200 centimeters (57.5 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face sand, loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few medium roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 0 ms/cm of electrical conductivity; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 14N048673; moist when described; observed in pit, small