IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Plainfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010MI121001
  • User Pedon ID: S2010MI121001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: F2010MI121001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0851
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40131
  • 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: 43.2485278
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0810833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4 of NE1/4 of NW1/4
  • Location Description: Egelston Township
  • Map Unit: PlfabB—Plainfield sand, lake plain, 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-B1—Sullivan, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Tardy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Spodic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • PSC - 29 to 104 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/13/2015
  • Classifier - M. Bromley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grattan
  • Classificaton Date - 3/23/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Pattern: deranged
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/23/2010 (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
  • Current Weather - overcast
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    E

    Bs1

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    Bs4

    B/C

    C

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    25

    47

    65

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    99.1

    98.8

    97.9

    98.5

    98.9

    99.5

    99.9

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    sieves

    1.3

    1.8

    1.3

    2.4

    1.9

    1.1

    2.8

    13.7

    14.6

    10.5

    10.5

    8.7

    6.6

    15.1

    66.5

    63.6

    59.5

    59.7

    62.6

    61.7

    55.5

    16.8

    18

    25.2

    25

    24.8

    29.6

    26.2

    0.8

    0.8

    1.4

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    0.3

    270 mesh sieve

    270 mesh sieve

    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

    E

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    Bs2

    Bs3

    Bs4

    B/C

    C

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    16

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    87

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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 %

    E

    Bs1

    Bs2

    Bs3

    Bs4

    B/C

    C

    8

    11

    16

    25

    47

    65

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

    PIST

    QUAL

    QURU

    QUVE

    VAAN

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus velutina

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    eastern white pine

    white oak

    northern red oak

    black 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—11

    —11—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    3/23/2010

    3/23/2010

    102

    51

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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

    1.5

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    Oa—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments; - 100 - percent of the lateral area; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04200; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sand; weak medium granular, and weak coarse granular structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; - 100 - percent of the lateral area; ultra acid, pH 3.4, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 10N04201; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—8 to 11 centimeters (3.1 to 4.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sand; 99 percent sand; weak coarse granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 medium and 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; - 100 - percent of the lateral area; extremely acid, pH 3.6, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 10N04202; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—11 to 16 centimeters (4.3 to 6.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sand; 99 percent sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine and 2.0 fine pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; - 65 - percent of the lateral area; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 10N04203; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—16 to 25 centimeters (6.3 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; 98 percent sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 2.0 fine and 1.0 coarse pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; - 100 - percent of the lateral area; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04204; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs3—25 to 47 centimeters (9.8 to 18.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sand; 99 percent sand; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 1.0 fine and 1.0 coarse pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; - 100 - percent of the lateral area; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04205; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs4—47 to 65 centimeters (18.5 to 25.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; 99 percent sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to single grain, and weak medium subangular blocky; very friable; 0.5 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; - 100 - percent of the lateral area; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04206; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B/C—65 to 87 centimeters (25.6 to 34.3 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; 100 percent sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; - 100 - percent of the lateral area; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N04207; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—87 to 203 centimeters (34.3 to 79.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand; 100 percent sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; 5 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; - 100 - percent of the lateral area; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 10N04208; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket