IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MI073004
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MI073004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - MTU
  • Lab Pedon # - S80MI-73-4
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70101
  • 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: 43.6261667
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0260556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 525 ft N and 260 ft E of the SW corner
  • Map Unit: 15B—Plainfield sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI073—Isabella
  • 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: MI073—Isabella County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-F1—Sherman City, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. LeMasters, B. McLeese
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Spodic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • 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 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/8/2013
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1980
  • Classifier - G. LeMasters, B. McLeese
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/8/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: M. Bromley
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - yes
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    0—15

    13—15

    —15—

    —2—
    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

    3

    —

    —

    280.4

    —

    809

    —

    161

    8

    20.3

    -4.8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Central Michigan University

    COOP
    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Ap—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), weak red (2.5YR 4/2), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; common fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MTU80200
    E—13 to 15 centimeters (5.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # MTU80201
    Bw—15 to 50 centimeters (5.9 to 19.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; many roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80202
    BC—50 to 91 centimeters (19.7 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80203
    C1—91 to 133 centimeters (35.8 to 52.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few roots; 24 percent by volume indurated mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MTU80204
    C2—133 to 163 centimeters (52.4 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; few roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # MTU80205