IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006MI121006
  • User Pedon ID: S2006MI121006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2006MI121006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0383
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18889
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 43.4324989
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2325287
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 of NE1/4 of SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Blue Lake Township
  • Map Unit: PlfaaD—Plainfield sand, 6 to 18 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI121—Muskegon
  • 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: MI101—Manistee County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-D2—Big Blue Lake, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Eversoll, Steve Tardy And Matt Bromley
  • 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
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/2012
  • Classifier - Matt 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 - 10/5/2006
  • Classifier - Steve Tardy
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: pitted outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Pattern: deranged
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    2GP

    2GP

    PIST

    PIST

    QURU

    QUVE

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    Pinus strobus

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus velutina

    Grass, perennial

    Grass, perennial

    eastern white pine

    eastern white pine

    northern red oak

    black oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—13

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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

    19

    21

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    206.4

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    162

    879

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    8.1

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sand; weak very fine granular structure; friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01965; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; gradual broken boundary. Lab sample # 07N01966; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01967; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 very coarse roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume , 4 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01968; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—69 to 122 centimeters (27.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very rapid permeability; 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 5 percent by volume , 10 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume , 15 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01969; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—122 to 191 centimeters (48.0 to 75.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 0.8 fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01970; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—191 to 203 centimeters (75.2 to 79.9 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N01971; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket