IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977WI135017
  • User Pedon ID: S1977WI135017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977WI135017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - LIMS
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0215
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45769
  • Print Date: 4/18/2025

    • 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: 44.2597846
  • Std. Longitude: -89.2139663
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet north and 2600 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI135—Waupaca
  • MLRA: 95—Eastern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and Upper Michigan Drift Plain
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-JUE—Juneau, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI135—Waupaca County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Auggie Otter, SCS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/1977
  • Classifier - Otter
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/1977
  • Classifier - Otter
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - corn
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Otter
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01095
    Bw—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 40 percent by volume nonflat 2-20-76 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.
    BC—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; structureless single grain; loose; 29 percent by volume nonflat 2-20-76 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.
    C—48 to 152 centimeters (18.9 to 59.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; 16 percent by volume nonflat 2-20-76 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified.