IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: wet substratum
  • User Site ID: S1966MI147001
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MI147001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966MI147001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1932
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36090
  • User Project ID: 22662
  • Project Name: St. Clair County, Michigan - Update needed
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 43.0615333
  • Std. Longitude: -82.4628944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7 North
  • Range: 17 East
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Fort Gratiot Township. 600 feet off U.S. 25.
  • Map Unit: EaC—Eastport sand, 6 to 18 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI147—St. Clair
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI147—St. Clair County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43082-A4—Lakeport, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eugene P. Whiteside, Donald P. Franzmeier, Gilbert R. Landtiser, Jerry D. Larson, Wesley K. Mettert
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/2018
  • Classifier - Eric S. Gano
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eastport
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Spodic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1966
  • Classifier - Eugene P. Whiteside
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: strand plain
  • Microfeature: strandline
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Wesley K. Mettert
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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

    POGR4

    PRVI

    RHUS

    Populus grandidentata

    Prunus virginiana

    Rhus

    bigtooth aspen

    chokecherry

    sumac

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    overstory

    understory

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—25

    18—25

    132—318

    —25—

    —7—

    —186—
    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

    5

    —

    —

    181

    —

    795

    —

    179

    8.9

    20.9

    -3.4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    206680

    Port Huron

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many (10.0) roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15366; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; weak fine crumb parts to single grain; very friable; few (0.5) roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15367; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BE—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; weak coarse granular parts to single grain; very friable; few (0.5) roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15368; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15369; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15370; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak coarse granular parts to single grain; very friable; few (0.5) roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15371; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—86 to 132 centimeters (33.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; few (0.5) roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15372; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—132 to 216 centimeters (52.0 to 85.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) stratified stratified coarse sand to sand; single grain; loose; few (0.5) roots; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15373; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—216 to 249 centimeters (85.0 to 98.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) stratified stratified coarse sand to gravel; single grain; loose; few (0.5) roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15374; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. not sampled
    Cg3—249 to 302 centimeters (98.0 to 118.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) stratified stratified sand to gravel; single grain; loose; fragments; dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) staining; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15375; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. not sampled
    Cg4—302 to 318 centimeters (118.9 to 125.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sand; single grain; nonsticky; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 40A15376; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket. not sampled