IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oakville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MI107003
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MI107003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978MI107003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S78MI-107-3
  • User Project ID: 2021GRR017
  • Project Name: EVAL - MLRA 98 - Oakville fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 43.6474722
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5457778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Big Rapids Township
  • Map Unit: 11C—Coloma sand, 6 to 18 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI107—Mecosta
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • 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-F5—Woodville NE, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Trettin, P. Corder, E. Tompkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oakville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2024
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1978
  • Classifier - C. Trettin, P. Corder, E. Tompkins
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F094AA006MI Snowy Sandy Drift Jan 31 2024 Matt Bromley
  • Ecological State: 1 - Reference State
  • Community Phase: 2 - Dry-Mesophytic Hardwood Forest

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/15/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POTR5

    QUAL

    QURU

    Populus tremuloides

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    quaking aspen

    white oak

    northern red oak

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—13

    —13—
    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

    —

    —

    339.5

    —

    135

    877

    —

    129

    7.4

    19.6

    -5.2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    200779

    Big Rapids Waterworks

    NWS COOP
    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7872
    Bw1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few medium roots and common fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7873
    Bw2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7874
    BC—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7875
    C1—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7876
    C2—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter. Lab sample # MTU7877