IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MI107002
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MI107002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978MI107002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S78MI-107-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72928
  • 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: 43.6079722
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2489167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of NE 1/4
  • Map Unit: 47B—Mecosta sand, 0 to 4 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI107—Mecosta
  • 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: MI107—Mecosta County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-E2—Mecosta, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Trettin, P. Corder, E. Tompkins
  • 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
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1978
  • Classifier - C. Trettin, P. Corder, E. Tompkins
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/15/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIRE

    Pinus resinosa

    red pine

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—20

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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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    296.2

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    859

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    7.4

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sand; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; friable; rapid permeability; many fine roots; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU7878
    Bw1—20 to 35 centimeters (7.9 to 13.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak very fine granular structure; friable; rapid permeability; few fine roots and few coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7879
    Bw2—35 to 53 centimeters (13.8 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; friable; rapid permeability; few fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7880
    Bw3—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few fine roots and few coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7881
    BC1—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; weak very fine granular structure; loose; rapid permeability; few medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7882
    2BC2—99 to 142 centimeters (39.0 to 55.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; weak very fine granular structure; loose; very rapid permeability; few medium roots; 15 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU7883
    2BC3—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very rapid permeability; few fine roots; 20 percent by volume mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU7884
    3C—183 to 251 centimeters (72.0 to 98.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU7885; observed in auger, bucket