IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oakville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MI107005
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MI107005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979MI107005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S79MI-107-5
  • User Project ID: 2021GRR017
  • Project Name: EVAL - MLRA 98 - Oakville fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 43.4875000
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5416944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 1815 feet N and 75 feet E of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Aetna Township
  • Map Unit: 10B—Plainfield sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI107—Mecosta
  • MLRA: 96—Northwestern Michigan Fruit Belt
  • 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-D5—Tift Corner, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. Corder, P. Wernette, D. Tufvesson, M. Punt
  • 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: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oakville
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2024
  • 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 - 1/1/1979
  • Classifier - P. Corder
  • 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
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat 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
    F096XB020MI Sandy Drift Feb 1 2024 Matt Bromley
  • Ecological State: 1 - Reference State

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/22/2013 (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 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - yes
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    AMELA

    LYCO3

    PIRE

    PIST

    QUAL

    QURU

    VACCI

    Acer rubrum

    Amelanchier

    Lycopodium complanatum

    Pinus resinosa

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Vaccinium

    red maple

    serviceberry

    groundcedar

    red pine

    eastern white pine

    white oak

    northern red oak

    blueberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—21

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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

    2

    25

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    284

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    225

    877

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    129

    7.4

    19.6

    -5.2

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    200779

    Big Rapids Waterworks

    NWS COOP
    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Ap—2 to 21 centimeters (0.8 to 8.3 inches); variegated 60 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; fine sand; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79329
    Bw1—21 to 38 centimeters (8.3 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79330
    Bw2—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very 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 2-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79331
    BC—66 to 83 centimeters (26.0 to 32.7 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79332
    C1—83 to 132 centimeters (32.7 to 52.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79333
    C2—132 to 174 centimeters (52.0 to 68.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # MTU79334