IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006MI121007
  • User Pedon ID: S2006MI121007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2006MI121007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0384
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18890
  • 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: 43.4555550
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2248306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: SW of SW of SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Blue Lake Township
  • Map Unit: PlfaaE—Plainfield sand, 18 to 30 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI121—Muskegon
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, 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 #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 27 to 102 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 - 10/10/2006
  • Classifier - Steve Tardy
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: pitted outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Scott Eversoll
  • 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

    ACRU

    ACRU

    PIST

    PIST

    POGR4

    POGR4

    PYROL

    PYROL

    QUAL

    QUAL

    SAAL5

    SAAL5

    TSCA

    TSCA

    VAAN

    VAAN

    Acer rubrum

    Acer rubrum

    Pinus strobus

    Pinus strobus

    Populus grandidentata

    Populus grandidentata

    Pyrola

    Pyrola

    Quercus alba

    Quercus alba

    Sassafras albidum

    Sassafras albidum

    Tsuga canadensis

    Tsuga canadensis

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    red maple

    red maple

    eastern white pine

    eastern white pine

    bigtooth aspen

    bigtooth aspen

    wintergreen

    wintergreen

    white oak

    white oak

    sassafras

    sassafras

    eastern hemlock

    eastern hemlock

    lowbush blueberry

    lowbush blueberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    0—8

    2—8

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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

    33

    21

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    203.9

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    226

    878

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    8.1

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1), dark gray (7.5YR 4/1), dry; moderately decomposed plant material; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01972; observed in pit, small
    EA—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), gray (7.5YR 6/1), dry; sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 07N01973; observed in pit, small
    E/Bw—8 to 10 centimeters (3.1 to 3.9 inches); 70 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3) and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), 70 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/3) and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; sand; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 07N01974; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 6.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01975; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—25 to 58 centimeters (9.8 to 22.8 inches); 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 6.0 very coarse roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 6.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01976; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); 30 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 4 percent by volume , 7 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 20-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01977; observed in pit, small
    Bw4—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); 30 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01978; observed in pit, small
    C—112 to 203 centimeters (44.1 to 79.9 inches); 30 percent pink (7.5YR 7/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 0.8 very fine roots and 0.8 medium roots and 0.8 fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N01979; observed in auger, bucket