IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006MI121002
  • User Pedon ID: S2006MI121002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2006MI121002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0379
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18885
  • 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: 43.3998889
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2900278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 of SE1/4 of SW1/4
  • Location Description: Whitehall Township
  • Map Unit: PlfaaB—Plainfield sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI121—Muskegon
  • 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: MI121—Muskegon County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-D3—Montague, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Eversoll
  • 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 - 27 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grattan
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Scott Eversoll
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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

    2GP

    GAPR2

    PIRE

    PIST

    PRSE2

    PTERI

    QUAL

    QURU

    SAAL5

    VAAN

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    Gaultheria procumbens

    Pinus resinosa

    Pinus strobus

    Prunus serotina

    Pteridium

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Sassafras albidum

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    Grass, perennial

    eastern teaberry

    red pine

    eastern white pine

    black cherry

    brackenfern

    white oak

    northern red oak

    sassafras

    lowbush blueberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—5

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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

    2

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    206

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    108

    872

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    8.3

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01937; observed in pit, small
    AE—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); 80 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 20 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 80 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 07N01938; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 07N01939; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 0.9 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 07N01940; observed in pit, small
    Bs3—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01941; observed in pit, small
    Bs4—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01942; observed in pit, small
    C1—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01943; observed in pit, small
    C2—102 to 203 centimeters (40.2 to 79.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N01944; observed in pit, small