IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2011MI117102
  • User Pedon ID: S2011MI117102
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2011MI117102
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7768
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55243
  • 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: 43.1342500
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2094722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 of SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Approx. 50 feet north and 1,050 feet east of the southwest corner; Eureka Township
  • Map Unit: PlfaeB—Plainfield-Spinks sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI117—Montcalm
  • 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: MI117—Montcalm County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-B2—Greenville East, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Quisler
  • 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
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/2012
  • 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 - 10/28/2011
  • Classifier - Jon Quisler
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: glacial drainage channel
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Jon Quisler
  • 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
  • Current Weather - overcast
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIRE

    QUAL

    QUVE

    ACRU

    PTAQ

    VIRA

    Pinus resinosa

    Quercus alba

    Quercus velutina

    Acer rubrum

    Pteridium aquilinum

    Viburnum rafinesqueanum

    red pine

    white oak

    black oak

    red maple

    western brackenfern

    downy arrowwood

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    overstory

    overstory

    overstory

    understory

    understory

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—19

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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

    12

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    251.5

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    23

    884

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    8.5

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A1—2 to 9 centimeters (0.8 to 3.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common very fine roots and common medium roots and common fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01712; observed in pit, small
    A2—9 to 19 centimeters (3.5 to 7.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; rapid permeability; common very fine roots and common medium roots and common fine roots and few coarse roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01713; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—19 to 39 centimeters (7.5 to 15.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common very fine roots and few medium roots and common fine roots and few coarse roots; 5 percent by volume , 9 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01714; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—39 to 59 centimeters (15.4 to 23.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots and few coarse roots; 5 percent by volume , 9 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N01715; observed in pit, small
    BC—59 to 119 centimeters (23.2 to 46.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few 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 # 12N01716; observed in pit, small
    C—119 to 200 centimeters (46.9 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 12N01717; observed in auger, bucket