IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: F2008MI121004
  • User Pedon ID: S2008MI121004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2008MI121004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0657
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19965
  • 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: 43.1618614
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0590286
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of SW 1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI121—Muskegon
  • MLRA: 98—Southern Michigan and Northern Indiana Drift Plains
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-B1—Sullivan, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.Scott Eversoll, Matt Bromley, Erin Segar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/16/2015
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Covert
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bs1

    Bs2

    BC

    C

    0

    23

    41

    91

    191

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    91.4

    95.4

    97.6

    98.7

    98.8

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    0.6

    0.2

    0.2

    0.3

    0.4

    2.2

    1.8

    2

    1.2

    3.1

    33.6

    35.1

    34.5

    31

    42.7

    49.6

    54.6

    57

    61.8

    50.1

    5.4

    3.7

    3.9

    4.4

    2.5

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

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    Bs2

    BC

    C

    0

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    41

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    191

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    Bs1

    Bs2

    BC

    C

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    41

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    ACRU

    CYAC3

    CYAC3

    FAGR

    FAGR

    PIST

    PIST

    PRSE2

    PRSE2

    QUAL

    QUAL

    QURU

    QURU

    RUID

    RUID

    Acer rubrum

    Acer rubrum

    Cypripedium acaule

    Cypripedium acaule

    Fagus grandifolia

    Fagus grandifolia

    Pinus strobus

    Pinus strobus

    Prunus serotina

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus alba

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus rubra

    Rubus idaeus

    Rubus idaeus

    red maple

    red maple

    moccasin flower

    moccasin flower

    American beech

    American beech

    eastern white pine

    eastern white pine

    black cherry

    black cherry

    white oak

    white oak

    northern red oak

    northern red oak

    American red raspberry

    American red raspberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    0—23

    191—216

    —23—

    —25—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    6/4/2008

    6/4/2008

    51

    102

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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

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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; sand; 91 percent sand; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; friable; rapid permeability; 4.0 very coarse roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04041; observed in pit, small. Original field estimate of texture was medium sand. Changed to fine sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.
    Bs1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine sand; 95 percent sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 0.5 very coarse roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 08N04042; observed in pit, small. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; Original field estimate of texture was medium sand. Changed to fine sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.
    Bs2—41 to 91 centimeters (16.1 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sand; 98 percent sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N04043; observed in pit, small. Original field estimate of texture was medium sand. Changed to fine sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.; pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.
    BC—91 to 191 centimeters (35.8 to 75.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine sand; 99 percent sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N04044; observed in pit, small. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; Original field estimate of texture was medium sand. Changed to fine sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.
    C—191 to 216 centimeters (75.2 to 85.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; 99 percent sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 40 percent coarse distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 08N04045; observed in pit, small. pH's were taken in the MLRA lab after description date.; Original field estimate of texture was medium sand. Changed to fine sand after sieving a sample in the MLRA lab.