IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morocco
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008MI121002
  • User Pedon ID: S2008MI121002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2008MI121002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0655
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19963
  • 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: 43.1559448
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0626907
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2,068 feet south and 996 feet east of the northwest corner (SW 1/4 of NW 1/4)
  • Location Description: Fruitport Township
  • Map Unit: PpsaaA—Pipestone-Covert-Saugatuck sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI121—Muskegon
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-B1—Sullivan, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt Bromley, J. Scott Eversoll, Erin Segar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morocco
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/25/2017
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morocco
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Aquic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/2008
  • Classifier - Scott Eversoll
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: nearshore zone (relict) on lake plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/2/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Matt Bromley, J. Scott Eversoll, and Erin Segar
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and 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

    ACRU

    FAGR

    MACA4

    PIRE

    PIST

    PRSE2

    QUAL

    Acer rubrum

    Fagus grandifolia

    Maianthemum canadense

    Pinus resinosa

    Pinus strobus

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus alba

    red maple

    American beech

    Canada mayflower

    red pine

    eastern white pine

    black cherry

    white oak

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

    endosaturation

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    cambic horizon

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    0—20

    20—173

    20—140

    20—38

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    —20—

    —153—

    —120—

    0—15—38
    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

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    201

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    896

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    8.6

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04028; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—2 to 20 centimeters (0.8 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face, gray (10YR 5/1) broken face, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04029; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Original field estimate of texture was loamy sand. Changed to loamy fine sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.
    B/E—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.8 medium roots; 1 percent fine prominent spherical yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 08N04030; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 medium roots; 1 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 08N04031; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—20 to 140 centimeters (7.9 to 55.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face fine sand; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots top of horizon and 0.5 coarse roots top of horizon; 1 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N04032; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Original field estimate of texture was medium sand. Changed to fine sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.
    BC—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face fine sand; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter. Lab sample # 08N04033; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket. Original field estimate of texture was medium sand. Changed to fine sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.