IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onekama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: Lake MI Lobe
  • User Site ID: S1980MI081004
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MI081004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980MI081004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S80MI-81-4
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70821
  • 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: 42.9378056
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5201111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1500 ft S and 2475 ft W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Cascade Township
  • Map Unit: 45F—Perrinton loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI081—Kent
  • MLRA: 97—Southwestern Michigan Fruit and Vegetable Crop Belt
  • 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-H5—Grand Rapids East, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Trettin, K. Pregitzer, K. Hausler, K. Farrish
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Haplic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Onekama
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Perrinton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Glossoboric Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1980
  • Classifier - C. Trettin, K. Pregitzer, K. Hausler, K. Farrish
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/2013 (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

    glossic horizon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    free carbonates

    0—11

    11—45

    11—25

    25—91

    72—152

    11—11—14

    21—34—36

    8—14—16

    57—66—77

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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

    40

    45

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    236

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    45

    930

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    8.6

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    A—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; few medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80249
    E/B (E)—11 to 25 centimeters (4.3 to 9.8 inches); variegated 85 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium roots and common fine roots and few coarse roots; fragments; - 85 - percent of the total horizon; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80250
    E/B (Bt)—11 to 25 centimeters (4.3 to 9.8 inches); variegated 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium roots and common fine roots and few coarse roots; fragments; - 15 - percent of the total horizon; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80250
    B/E (Bt)—25 to 45 centimeters (9.8 to 17.7 inches); variegated 85 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common medium roots and common fine roots; fragments; - 85 - percent of the total horizon; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80251
    B/E (E)—25 to 45 centimeters (9.8 to 17.7 inches); variegated 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common medium roots and common fine roots; fragments; - 15 - percent of the total horizon; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80251
    Bt1—45 to 58 centimeters (17.7 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; few medium roots and common fine roots; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80252. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1128473; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1128473
    Bt2—58 to 72 centimeters (22.8 to 28.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; few fine roots; distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80253. continuous - phpvsfiid 1128474; continuous - phpvsfiid 1128474
    BC—72 to 91 centimeters (28.3 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; faint clay films; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80254. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1128475; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1128475
    C—91 to 120 centimeters (35.8 to 47.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; few fine roots; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on rock fragments; 2 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU80255