IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield - dune
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: F2007MI121004
  • User Pedon ID: F2007MI121004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2007MI121004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0558
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19301
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 43.2518333
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3474444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4
  • Map Unit: PlfacF—Plainfield sand, dunes, 18 to 60 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI121—Muskegon
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI121—Muskegon County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-C3—Dalton, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J Scott Eversoll, Matt Bromley, Steve Tardy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: 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
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grattan
  • Classificaton Date - 5/23/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landform: stable dune on lake plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/23/2007 (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

    ACRU

    ACRU

    FAGR

    HAMAM

    MELAM2

    PIST

    PTERI

    QUAL

    QURU

    SAAL5

    VAAN

    Acer rubrum

    Acer rubrum

    Fagus grandifolia

    Hamamelis

    Melampyrum

    Pinus strobus

    Pteridium

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Sassafras albidum

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    red maple

    red maple

    American beech

    witchhazel

    cowwheat

    eastern white pine

    brackenfern

    white oak

    northern red oak

    sassafras

    lowbush blueberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—28

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    5/23/2007

    5/23/2007

    51

    100

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    12

    10
    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

    14

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    192

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    190

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; slightly decomposed plant material; weak medium platy, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to single grain, and weak very fine subangular blocky; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; abrupt broken boundary.
    AE—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to single grain, and weak very fine subangular blocky; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); variegated 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), 60 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; single grain; loose; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary.
    E1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); variegated 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), 50 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 50 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain, and weak fine subangular blocky; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear broken boundary.
    Bs1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); variegated strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain, and weak fine subangular blocky; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
    Bs2—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); variegated 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain, and weak fine subangular blocky; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
    BC1—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); variegated 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 40 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; 0.9 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
    BC2—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); variegated 85 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—112 to 203 centimeters (44.1 to 79.9 inches); variegated light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter.