IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976IN087004
  • User Pedon ID: S1976IN087004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - LG7604
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22594
  • 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: 41.6874694
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2512500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN087—Lagrange
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN087—Lagrange County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40086-G8—Monon, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kirschner and Franzmeier
  • 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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/14/2015
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin eolian sands
  • Landform: dune
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—51

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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
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    A—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # LG76041
    E—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # LG76042
    Bw1—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # LG76043
    Bw2—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # LG76044
    C1—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # LG76045
    C2—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # LG76046
    C3—183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # LG76047