IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MI159001
  • User Pedon ID: S1973MI159001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1927
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36085
  • 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: 42.3158455
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2994156
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 760 feet E and 105 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Covert Township
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI159—Van Buren
  • 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: MI159—Van Buren County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42086-C3—Covert, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Austin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Spodic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/7/2015
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed Typic Udipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1973
  • Classifier - F. Austin
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: nearshore zone (relict)
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: F. Austin
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—41

    —41—
    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

    4

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    182.3

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    917

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    9.3

    19.4

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15332
    E—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15333
    Bs1—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15334
    Bs2—76 to 119 centimeters (29.9 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15335
    C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A15336