IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006MI121005
  • User Pedon ID: S2006MI121005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2006MI121005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0382
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18888
  • 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: 43.4322510
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2379990
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4 of NE1/4 of SE1/4
  • Location Description: Blue Lake 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-D2—Big Blue Lake, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Eversoll, Matt Bromley
  • 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
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/2010
  • Classifier - Steve Tardy
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grattan
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: pitted outwash plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Drainage Pattern: deranged
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Scott Eversoll
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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

    2GP

    DESCH

    DESCH

    PIST

    PIST

    PRPE2

    PRPE2

    QUAL

    QUAL

    QURU

    QURU

    VAAN

    VAAN

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    Deschampsia

    Deschampsia

    Pinus strobus

    Pinus strobus

    Prunus pensylvanica

    Prunus pensylvanica

    Quercus alba

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus rubra

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    Grass, perennial

    Grass, perennial

    hairgrass

    hairgrass

    eastern white pine

    eastern white pine

    pin cherry

    pin cherry

    white oak

    white oak

    northern red oak

    northern red oak

    lowbush blueberry

    lowbush blueberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—8

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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

    6

    20

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    215

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    346

    878

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    8.1

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1), very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), dry; sand; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 07N01957; observed in pit, small
    E—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 07N01958; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01959; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01960; observed in pit, small
    Bs3—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01961; observed in pit, small
    BC—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01962; observed in pit, small
    C1—69 to 165 centimeters (27.2 to 65.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01963; observed in pit, small
    C2—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N01964; observed in auger, bucket