IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010MI117007
  • User Pedon ID: S2010MI117007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0159
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43435
  • 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: 43.1260834
  • Std. Longitude: -85.1244202
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Fairplain Township
  • Map Unit: Gc—Grayling sand, 0 to 2 percent slopesPlfaeB—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-B1—Sheridan, 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 - 1/13/2012
  • 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 - 11/8/2010
  • 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 and gravelly outwash
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: outwash terrace on glacial drainage channel
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • 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: 11/7/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Steve Tardy
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 10
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—20

    —20—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    11/7/2010

    11/7/2010

    50

    100

    —

    —

    7

    8
    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

    —

    —

    251.2

    —

    90

    881

    —

    —

    8.5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); 90 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00743; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—20 to 32 centimeters (7.9 to 12.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00744; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—32 to 50 centimeters (12.6 to 19.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00745; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC1—50 to 63 centimeters (19.7 to 24.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00746; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC2—63 to 93 centimeters (24.8 to 36.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume , 7 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00747; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—93 to 105 centimeters (36.6 to 41.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; very rapid permeability; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 26 percent by volume , 39 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00748; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C—105 to 147 centimeters (41.3 to 57.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) stratified stratified very gravelly coarse sand to gravelly coarse sand to sand; single grain; loose; very rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent by volume , 38 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00749; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3C—147 to 200 centimeters (57.9 to 78.7 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) sand; massive parts to single grain; loose; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N00750; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket