IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coloma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MI081001
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MI081001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980MI081001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S80MI-81-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72687
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 42.9481389
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4372222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1,650 ft N and 1,520 ft W of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: 25C—Oakville fine sand, cool, 6 to 12 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI081—Kent
  • 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: MI081—Kent County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42085-H4—Cascade, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Trettin, T. Williams, K. Pregitzer
  • 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 - 1/2/2020
  • Classifier - Jonathan Diaz Cruz
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine sandy outwash
  • Landform: head-of-outwash on moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/26/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley
  • 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

    ACER

    QUERC

    Acer

    Quercus

    maple

    oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    lamellae

    0—8

    84—160

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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

    1

    61

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    249.4

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    270

    918

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    8.7

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy sand; weak coarse granular structure; friable; rapid permeability; few medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80228
    Bw1—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; common medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80229
    Bw2—20 to 44 centimeters (7.9 to 17.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; few medium roots and common fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80230
    BE—44 to 84 centimeters (17.3 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few medium roots and few fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80231
    E and Bt (B)—84 to 160 centimeters (33.1 to 63.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU80232
    E and Bt (E)—84 to 160 centimeters (33.1 to 63.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU80232