IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010MI117005
  • User Pedon ID: S2010MI117005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2010MI117005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0157
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43433
  • 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: 43.2730833
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0082500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 06W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4 of NW1/4
  • Location Description: Evergreen Township
  • Map Unit: PlfaeB—Plainfield-Spinks sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI117—Montcalm
  • 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: MI117—Montcalm County, Michigan
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43085-C1—Stanton, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Tardy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/2012
  • Classifier - Matt Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/2010
  • 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 glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: glacial drainage channel
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Steve Tardy
  • 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

    ACRU

    CAREX

    FAGR

    HAMAM

    PIST

    POGR4

    PRSE2

    PTERI

    QUAL

    QURU

    VAAN

    Acer rubrum

    Carex

    Fagus grandifolia

    Hamamelis

    Pinus strobus

    Populus grandidentata

    Prunus serotina

    Pteridium

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    red maple

    sedge

    American beech

    witchhazel

    eastern white pine

    bigtooth aspen

    black cherry

    brackenfern

    white oak

    northern red oak

    lowbush blueberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—9

    —9—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    10/27/2010

    10/27/2010

    50

    100

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    13

    12
    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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    258.9

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    846

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    8.3

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    A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; loamy sand; 4 percent clay; weak medium granular, and weak coarse granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00730; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—9 to 36 centimeters (3.5 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; 6 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; very rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 20 percent by volume , 31 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00731; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—36 to 59 centimeters (14.2 to 23.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly loamy coarse sand; 6 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; very rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 0.1 fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 18 percent by volume , 27 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00732; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—59 to 71 centimeters (23.2 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; 8 percent clay; weak medium single grain parts to weak fine single grain, and weak coarse single grain parts to weak fine single grain; very friable; very rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume , 31 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00733; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC1—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; 3 percent clay; massive parts to single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume , 8 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00734; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC2—86 to 106 centimeters (33.9 to 41.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; 3 percent clay; massive parts to single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume , 5 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00735; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—106 to 163 centimeters (41.7 to 64.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; 2 percent clay; massive parts to single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 0.1 very fine roots; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00736; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C2—163 to 230 centimeters (64.2 to 90.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; 2 percent clay; massive parts to single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 5 percent by volume , 8 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N00737; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket