IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield - dune phase
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2007MI139001
  • User Pedon ID: 2007MI139001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2007MI139001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0563
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19306
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 43.1068889
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2631111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4
  • Map Unit: PlfacF—Plainfield sand, dunes, 18 to 60 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI139—Ottawa
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI139—Ottawa County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-A2—Grand Haven, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J Scott Eversoll, Matt Bromley, Steve Tardy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield - dune phase
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oakville
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landform: first dune on lake plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    DRCA11

    FAGR

    FRAM2

    HAMAM

    MACA4

    OSVI

    PIST

    PRSE2

    QUVE

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Dryopteris carthusiana

    Fagus grandifolia

    Fraxinus americana

    Hamamelis

    Maianthemum canadense

    Ostrya virginiana

    Pinus strobus

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus velutina

    red maple

    sugar maple

    spinulose woodfern

    American beech

    white ash

    witchhazel

    Canada mayflower

    hophornbeam

    eastern white pine

    black cherry

    black oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic materials

    0—13

    8—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

    54

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    204

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    80

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt wavy boundary.
    AE—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); 75 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), 75 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 25 percent brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sand; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
    EA—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 40 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 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 irregular boundary.
    EB—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 40 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear irregular boundary.
    Bw1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); 90 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand; single grain; loose; 10.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bw2—43 to 89 centimeters (16.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.9 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
    BC—89 to 130 centimeters (35.0 to 51.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; 0.9 very fine roots and 0.9 very coarse roots and 0.9 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—130 to 203 centimeters (51.2 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter.