IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Merrimac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956MA011006
  • User Pedon ID: 1956MA011006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956MA011006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0433
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32961
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 42.4996986
  • Std. Longitude: -72.3717270
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Franklin County, Massachusetts. Footit property, Shutesbury. Sample taken 50 feet in woods from open field and 50 feet from highway. This location 500 feet from homestead on North Leverett Road, one mile southeast of Lake Wyola Road.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA011—Franklin
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA011—Franklin County, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Edwood J. Pedersen, Steve Davidson, Fredrick A. Filios, Robert F. Reiske, Hermon U. Goodell, and William H. Coates
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Merrimac
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gloucester
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    BEPO

    Betula populifolia

    gray birch

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

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    cambic horizon

    0—1

    0—18

    1—2

    18—91

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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

    8

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Loose leaf litter. Not sampled.
    Oe—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. 1 inch. Partially decomposed humus and mineral material. Not sampled.
    E—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Micro-horizon developed on old Ap. Not sampled.
    Ap—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A03251
    Bw1—18 to 31 centimeters (7.1 to 12.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A03252
    Bw2—31 to 46 centimeters (12.2 to 18.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03253
    Bw3—46 to 82 centimeters (18.1 to 32.3 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03254. Some very weak plates in this horizon.
    Bw4—82 to 91 centimeters (32.3 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03255. 10YR 6/3 -6/4 color found in streaks 3 to 4 inches wide in this horizon thought to be mottling but found to be organic root stains; some plates; coarse skeleton 30 percent.
    C—91 to 110 centimeters (35.8 to 43.3 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) loamy fine sand; single grain parts to platy; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03256. Very low coarse skeleton noticeable in this horizon—might be interpreted as D-horizon.