IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield - dune phase
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: F2007MI121010
  • User Pedon ID: F2007MI121010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2007MI121010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0719
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19383
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 43.4490000
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4470000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: center of south 1/2
  • Map Unit: PlfacF—Plainfield sand, dunes, 18 to 60 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI121—Muskegon
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI121—Muskegon County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-D4—Flower Creek, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt Bromley, Erin Segar, J. Scott Eversoll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield - dune phase
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oakville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landform: high dune 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: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACSA3

    DRCA11

    FAGR

    TSCA

    Acer saccharum

    Dryopteris carthusiana

    Fagus grandifolia

    Tsuga canadensis

    sugar maple

    spinulose woodfern

    American beech

    eastern hemlock

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—28

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

    7/27/2007

    7/27/2007

    102

    51

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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

    49

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    201

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    175

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.2, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1), very dark gray (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 4.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Original field texture was fine sand.
    E—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose, very friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 4.0 very coarse roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 10.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Original field texture was fine sand.
    Bw—28 to 71 centimeters (11.0 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose, very friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 4.0 very coarse roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Original field texture was fine sand.
    BC—71 to 180 centimeters (28.0 to 70.9 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 40 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; single grain, and weak medium subangular blocky; loose, very friable; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. Original field texture was fine sand.
    C—180 to 229 centimeters (70.9 to 90.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter.; observed in auger, bucket