IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield - dune phase
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2007MI139003
  • User Pedon ID: 2007MI139003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2007MI139003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0565
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19308
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 43.0188056
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2266944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4 of SE1/4
  • Map Unit: PlfacF—Plainfield sand, dunes, 18 to 60 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI139—Ottawa
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI139—Ottawa County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-A2—Grand Haven, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J Scott Eversoll, Matt Bromley, Steve Tardy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield - dune phase
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oakville
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landform: dune on lake plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/14/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACSA3

    DRCA11

    FAGR

    TSCA

    Acer saccharum

    Dryopteris carthusiana

    Fagus grandifolia

    Tsuga canadensis

    sugar maple

    spinulose woodfern

    American beech

    eastern hemlock

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    0—18

    5—18

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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

    68

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    213

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    8

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; sand; weak very fine granular, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
    E—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; sand; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear broken boundary.
    Bw—18 to 56 centimeters (7.1 to 22.0 inches); variegated 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 40 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.9 very coarse roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
    BC—56 to 112 centimeters (22.0 to 44.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.9 very coarse roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—112 to 203 centimeters (44.1 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter.