IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008MI121019
  • User Pedon ID: S2008MI121019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2008MI121019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0672
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23978
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 43.2681389
  • Std. Longitude: -86.1167526
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 of SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Egelston Township
  • Map Unit: PlfabD—Plainfield sand, lake plain, 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-C1—Wolf Lake, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Erin Segar, J. Scott Eversoll
  • 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 #: 19
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/2009
  • Classifier - Steve Tardy
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2008
  • Classifier - Scott Eversoll
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: closed depression on pitted outwash plain on lake plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: deranged
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/2008 (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

    2GP

    2GP

    MARAR

    MARAR

    PIST

    PIST

    PRSE2

    PRSE2

    QUAL

    QUAL

    QURU

    QURU

    SAAL5

    SAAL5

    TORA2

    TORA2

    VAAN

    VAAN

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    Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum

    Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum

    Pinus strobus

    Pinus strobus

    Prunus serotina

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus alba

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus rubra

    Sassafras albidum

    Sassafras albidum

    Toxicodendron radicans

    Toxicodendron radicans

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    Grass, perennial

    Grass, perennial

    feathery false lily of the valley

    feathery false lily of the valley

    eastern white pine

    eastern white pine

    black cherry

    black cherry

    white oak

    white oak

    northern red oak

    northern red oak

    sassafras

    sassafras

    eastern poison ivy

    eastern poison ivy

    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

    0—5

    —5—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    7/18/2008

    7/18/2008

    102

    51

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    15

    17
    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

    24

    21

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    204

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    20

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); variegated 60 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) and 40 percent black (7.5YR 2.5/1), very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), dry; sand; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04148; observed in pit, small. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.
    BA—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); variegated 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) sand; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse 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 wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N04149; observed in pit, small. Sieving in MLRA lab confirmed original texture field estimate of medium sand.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.
    Bw1—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N04150; observed in pit, small. Sieving in MLRA lab confirmed original texture field estimate of medium sand.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.
    Bw2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N04151; observed in pit, small. Sieving in MLRA lab confirmed original texture field estimate of medium sand.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.
    BC—56 to 107 centimeters (22.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N04152; observed in pit, small. Sieving in MLRA lab confirmed original texture field estimate of medium sand.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.
    C—107 to 213 centimeters (42.1 to 83.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 4.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 08N04153; observed in auger, bucket. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; Sieving in MLRA lab confirmed original texture field estimate of medium sand.