IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996MI101004
  • User Pedon ID: S1996MI101004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0139
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68614
  • 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: 44.2316666
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0766678
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4 of SW1/4
  • Location Description: Stronach Township
  • Map Unit: 210B—Plainfield sand, nearly level and undulating
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI101—Manistee
  • MLRA: 96—Northwestern Michigan Fruit Belt
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-GRP—Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI101—Manistee County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44086-B1—Udell, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • 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: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/7/2015
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—5

    —5—
    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

    —

    —

    217.2

    —

    847

    —

    146

    8.1

    19.4

    -3.7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    205065

    Manistee 3SE

    COOP
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (N 2/0) sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. about 1 percent coarse fragments.
    Bw1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. about 1 percent coarse fragments
    Bw2—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. about 1 percent coarse fragments
    BC—48 to 122 centimeters (18.9 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00927. about 1 percent coarse fragments
    C1—122 to 251 centimeters (48.0 to 98.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 0.1 very fine to medium roots; fragments. about 1 percent coarse fragments