IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009MI123001
  • User Pedon ID: S2009MI123001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2009MI123001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24940
  • 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: 43.3003883
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0090561
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 of NW1/4 of SE1/4
  • Map Unit: 91B—Plainfield sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI123—Newaygo
  • 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: MI123—Newaygo County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43086-C1—Wolf Lake, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Tardy
  • 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: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • 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
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/2009
  • Classifier - Steve Tardy
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: dissected lake plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Steve Tardy
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    ACRU

    PRVI

    PRVI

    PTERI

    PTERI

    QURU

    QURU

    SAAL5

    SAAL5

    VAAN

    VAAN

    Acer rubrum

    Acer rubrum

    Prunus virginiana

    Prunus virginiana

    Pteridium

    Pteridium

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus rubra

    Sassafras albidum

    Sassafras albidum

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    red maple

    red maple

    chokecherry

    chokecherry

    brackenfern

    brackenfern

    northern red oak

    northern red oak

    sassafras

    sassafras

    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—13

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

    8/26/2009

    8/26/2009

    51

    100

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    15

    15
    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

    1

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    213

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    134

    914

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) sand; weak medium granular, and weak coarse granular structure; very friable; 30.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N00372; observed in pit, small
    EA—10 to 13 centimeters (3.9 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) sand; weak coarse granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; 27.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 10N00377; observed in pit, small. Occurs in 12% of the pedon
    Bs1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00378; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00379; observed in pit, small
    BC—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00380; observed in pit, small
    C1—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00381; observed in pit, small
    C2—69 to 163 centimeters (27.2 to 64.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N00382; observed in pit, small
    C3—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 10N00383; observed in auger, bucket