IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010MI117003
  • User Pedon ID: F2010MI117003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2010MI117003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0155
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43431
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 43.4639722
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5425278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Reynolds Township
  • Map Unit: PlfaeB—Plainfield-Spinks sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI117—Montcalm
  • 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: MI117—Montcalm County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-D5—Tift Corner, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt Bromley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/13/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Matt Bromley
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - yes
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 16
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIRE

    PIRE

    PIST

    PIST

    QURU

    QURU

    Pinus resinosa

    Pinus resinosa

    Pinus strobus

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus rubra

    red pine

    red pine

    eastern white pine

    eastern white pine

    northern red oak

    northern red oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—25

    —25—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    10/13/2010

    10/13/2010

    50

    100

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    13

    13
    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

    2

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    98

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    225

    907

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    7.5

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; sand; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1.49 grams per cc of Bulk Density; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00717; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—25 to 39 centimeters (9.8 to 15.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; 1 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1.53 grams per cc of Bulk Density; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 11N00718; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—39 to 59 centimeters (15.4 to 23.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; 1 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1.51 grams per cc of Bulk Density; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00719; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—59 to 100 centimeters (23.2 to 39.4 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1.49 grams per cc of Bulk Density; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00720; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—100 to 176 centimeters (39.4 to 69.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1.58 grams per cc of Bulk Density; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00721; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—176 to 200 centimeters (69.3 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; very rapid permeability; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 22 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N00722; dry when described; observed in pit, small