IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MI085002
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MI085002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979MI085002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S79MI-85-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69033
  • 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: 43.9252611
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8833000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1550 feet S and 250 feet W of the NE corner
  • Map Unit: 13B—Plainfield sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI085—Lake
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI600—Lake and Wexford Counties, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-H8—Townsend Lake, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Trettin, D. Buchanan
  • 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 - 28 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grayling
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, frigid Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/16/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIBA2

    PIRE

    PIST

    QUERC

    Pinus banksiana

    Pinus resinosa

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus

    jack pine

    red pine

    eastern white pine

    oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—6

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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

    1

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    271.2

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    877

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    129

    7.4

    19.6

    -5.2

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    —

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    COOP
    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; many fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79356
    Bw1—6 to 18 centimeters (2.4 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose; rapid permeability; common medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79357
    Bw2—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose; rapid permeability; common medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79358
    BC—43 to 70 centimeters (16.9 to 27.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose; rapid permeability; common fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU79359
    C—70 to 173 centimeters (27.6 to 68.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU79360