IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oshtemo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002MI149002
  • User Pedon ID: S2002MI149002
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 3
  • Transect Interval - 150.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0258
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15738
  • 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: 41.9428329
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5245285
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6 S.
  • Range: 10 W.
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet North and 880 feet East of SW corner
  • Location Description: St. Joseph County, Michigan; 1 mile north of Centerville
  • Map Unit: 4B—Oshtemo sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI149—St. Joseph
  • 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: MI149—St. Joseph County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-H4—Nottawa, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex Brock, David Gehring, Greg Thoen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oshtemo
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/28/2014
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oshtemo
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 28
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 31
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lamellae

    lithologic discontinuity

    free carbonates

    0—23

    23—76

    76—168

    168—

    168—203

    —23—

    —53—

    —92—

    —-

    —35—
    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

    —

    —

    255

    —

    1

    838

    —

    145

    10

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) rubbed, dry; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01276; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.2 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N01277; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.2 very fine and fine roots throughout; 40 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 6 percent by volume mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01278; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.2 very fine and fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01279; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 20 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01280; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E and Bt1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and 40 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior sand, sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; very friable; faint clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N01281; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E and Bt2—102 to 168 centimeters (40.2 to 66.1 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sand, loamy sand; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; very friable; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 03N01282; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 8 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 03N01283; moist when described; observed in pit, small