IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Onekama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: Lake MI Lobe
  • User Site ID: S1980MI081008
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MI081008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S80MI-81-8
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69037
  • 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: 42.9844167
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5895278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 45 ft N and 330 ft E of the SW 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: T. Williams, K. Pregitzer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Alfic Argiudolls
  • 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 - 30 to 61 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 - T. Williams, K. Pregitzer
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Pattern: deranged
  • Drainage Class: moderately 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    interfingering of albic materials

    free carbonates

    0—20

    20—61

    20—30

    61—152

    —20—

    —41—

    —10—

    —91—
    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

    5

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    —

    252.4

    —

    923

    —

    —

    8.7

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    —

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80279
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); variegated 95 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 5 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary.
    Bt2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MTU80280
    Bt3—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MTU80280
    Bt4—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80280
    C—61 to 152 centimeters (24.0 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU80281