IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996IN073003
  • User Pedon ID: S1996IN073003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0198
  • User Project ID: 2021GRR016
  • Project Name: EVAL - MLRA 98 - Oakville fine sand, prairie peninsula, 1 to 6 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 41.1555748
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9861069
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Walker Township
  • Map Unit: OaC—Oakville fine sand, prairie peninsula, 6 to 12 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN073—Jasper
  • 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: IN073—Jasper County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41086-B8—San Pierre, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill Hosteter, Scott Haley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 29 to 104 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2024
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oakville
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landform: dune on outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: artificial
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    F098XB030IN Kankakee Sand Dunes Jan 26 2024 Matt Bromley

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/11/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 22
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—12

    —12—
    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

    —

    —

    219.3

    —

    962

    —

    173

    10.1

    22.3

    -3.2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    127298

    Rensselaer

    NWS COOP
    0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Leaf litter.
    Oa—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed highly decomposed plant material; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01564
    A—4 to 12 centimeters (1.6 to 4.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01565
    B/A—12 to 20 centimeters (4.7 to 7.9 inches); 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) rubbed sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01566
    Bw1—20 to 37 centimeters (7.9 to 14.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) rubbed sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01567
    Bw2—37 to 56 centimeters (14.6 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01568
    BC—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) rubbed and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01569
    C—81 to 182 centimeters (31.9 to 71.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 96P01570