IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009MI121001
  • User Pedon ID: S2009MI121001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2009MI121001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0097
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24933
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 43.2231102
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0759430
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 of SE1/4
  • Location Description: 2209 feet west and 1000 feet north of SE corner of section 27
  • Map Unit: GrC—Grayling-Rubicon sands, 6 to 12 percent slopesPlfabD—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
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI121—Muskegon County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-B1—Sullivan, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Tardy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/19/2012
  • Classifier - Steve Tardy
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/2009
  • 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: glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Steve Tardy
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—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

    15

    —

    —

    202.7

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    45

    898

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    8.5

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face sand; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 20.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N00339; observed in pit, small
    AE—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); 60 percent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) broken face and 40 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face sand; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N00340; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00341; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); 90 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00342; observed in pit, small
    Bs3—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00343; observed in pit, small
    BC—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00344; observed in pit, small
    C—74 to 203 centimeters (29.1 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) broken face sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 10N00345; observed in auger, bucket