IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976IN087003
  • User Pedon ID: S1976IN087003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - LG7603
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22593
  • 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: 41.6801111
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2607806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Map Unit: PzA—Plainfield loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN087—Lagrange
  • 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: IN087—Lagrange County, Indiana
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41085-F3—Mongo, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kirschner and Franzmeier
  • 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 #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/14/2015
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - culturally induced barren
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—23

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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

    0

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    278

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    927

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    9.3

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # LG76031
    Bw—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # LG76032
    BC—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # LG76033
    C1—69 to 114 centimeters (27.2 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9. Lab sample # LG76034
    C2—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 1 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # LG76035
    C3—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; 21 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7. Lab sample # LG76036
    C4—160 to 175 centimeters (63.0 to 68.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 21 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7. Lab sample # LG76037
    C5—175 to 185 centimeters (68.9 to 72.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; structureless single grain; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # LG76038
    C6—185 to 208 centimeters (72.8 to 81.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # LG76039
    C7—208 to 244 centimeters (81.9 to 96.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # LG760310
    C8—229 to 305 centimeters (90.2 to 120.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # LG760311