IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010MI117004
  • User Pedon ID: F2010MI117004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2010MI117004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0156
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43432
  • 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: 43.2729722
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0118889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 06W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 of NW1/4
  • Location Description: Evergreen Township
  • Map Unit: Gc—Grayling sand, 0 to 2 percent slopesPlfaeB—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-C1—Stanton, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Tardy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/2012
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield calc sand and grv-substratum
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/2010
  • 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
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: glacial drainage channel
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/2010 (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 - crop trees
  • 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

    ACRU

    ACRU

    CAREX

    CAREX

    ELAN

    ELAN

    FAGR

    FAGR

    GALIU

    GALIU

    LONIC

    LONIC

    PAQU2

    PAQU2

    PIST

    PIST

    POGR4

    POGR4

    PRSE2

    PRSE2

    PTERI

    PTERI

    QUAL

    QUAL

    QURU

    QURU

    RUBUS

    RUBUS

    VIAC

    VIAC

    Acer rubrum

    Acer rubrum

    Carex

    Carex

    Elaeagnus angustifolia

    Elaeagnus angustifolia

    Fagus grandifolia

    Fagus grandifolia

    Galium

    Galium

    Lonicera

    Lonicera

    Parthenocissus quinquefolia

    Parthenocissus quinquefolia

    Pinus strobus

    Pinus strobus

    Populus grandidentata

    Populus grandidentata

    Prunus serotina

    Prunus serotina

    Pteridium

    Pteridium

    Quercus alba

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus rubra

    Rubus

    Rubus

    Viburnum acerifolium

    Viburnum acerifolium

    red maple

    red maple

    sedge

    sedge

    Russian olive

    Russian olive

    American beech

    American beech

    bedstraw

    bedstraw

    honeysuckle

    honeysuckle

    Virginia creeper

    Virginia creeper

    eastern white pine

    eastern white pine

    bigtooth aspen

    bigtooth aspen

    black cherry

    black cherry

    brackenfern

    brackenfern

    white oak

    white oak

    northern red oak

    northern red oak

    blackberry

    blackberry

    mapleleaf viburnum

    mapleleaf viburnum

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—24

    —24—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    10/26/2010

    10/26/2010

    50

    100

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    12

    13
    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

    1

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    259.2

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    846

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    8.3

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; 7 percent clay; weak coarse granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 11N00723; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A/B—15 to 24 centimeters (5.9 to 9.4 inches); variegated dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy coarse sand; 7 percent clay; weak coarse granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 11N00724; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—24 to 43 centimeters (9.4 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse sand; 7 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.1 coarse roots; 3 percent by volume , 5 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00725; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—43 to 70 centimeters (16.9 to 27.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) coarse sand; 4 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume , 8 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00726; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—70 to 103 centimeters (27.6 to 40.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse sand; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 medium roots and 0.1 fine roots; 3 percent by volume , 5 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00727; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—103 to 179 centimeters (40.6 to 70.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 5 percent by volume , 7 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00728; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2C—179 to 200 centimeters (70.5 to 78.7 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly coarse sand; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose; very rapid permeability; 27 percent by volume , 40 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N00729; dry when described; observed in auger, bucket