IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: MA05027002
  • User Pedon ID: 05MA027002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: MA05027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0399
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17276
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.1788902
  • Std. Longitude: -72.1161118
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 1,200 feet South on Molasses Hill Rd from its intersection with Fiskdale Rd, and 30 feet West of Molasses Hill Rd, in the Town of Brookfield.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA027—Worcester
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA615—Worcester County, Massachusetts, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42072-B2—Warren, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Taylor, Shawn McVey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, parasesquic, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookfield (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookfield
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: ablation till
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Partridge Formation formation of the Obr group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/27/2005 (entry creation 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACSA3

    PIST

    QURU

    Acer saccharum

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus rubra

    sugar maple

    eastern white pine

    northern red oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    fibric soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    cambic horizon

    0—5

    0—2

    2—5

    5—79

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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

    5

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    270

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    280

    1165

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    160

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    Oa—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); highly decomposed plant material; noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 30.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02199; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—5 to 38 centimeters (2.0 to 15.0 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02200; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—38 to 79 centimeters (15.0 to 31.1 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) crushed, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, dry; gravelly loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots throughout; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02201; observed in pit, small
    C1—79 to 101 centimeters (31.1 to 39.8 inches); 75 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) crushed and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) crushed, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; massive parts to single grain; loose, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02202; observed in pit, small
    C2—101 to 165 centimeters (39.8 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) crushed, dry; fine sandy loam, coarse sand; massive; loose, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 25 percent coarse irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, and red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, and red (2.5YR 4/6), dry,; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 05N02203; observed in pit, small