IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Merrimac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956MA011007
  • User Pedon ID: 1956MA011007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956MA011007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0434
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32962
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 42.5277557
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5197830
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Franklin County, Massachusetts. Wheeler farm (Billings), Montague township. 100 feet from road and 100 feet from open old field at Chestnut Loop Road intersecting with Chestnut 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 #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Merrimac
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Merrimac
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1956
  • 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: 10/3/1956 (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

    QUAL

    Betula populifolia

    Quercus alba

    gray birch

    white oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    cambic horizon

    0—13

    0—3

    13—40

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    —3—

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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

    3

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Leaf litter and partially decomposed humus. Not sampled.
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03258
    Bw1—13 to 40 centimeters (5.1 to 15.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular parts to weak subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03259
    Bw2—40 to 61 centimeters (15.7 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03260
    Bw2—61 to 87 centimeters (24.0 to 34.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03261
    Bw4—87 to 114 centimeters (34.3 to 44.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03262. Brownish color in this horizon caused by deep roots; 2 to 3 inch gravel layer divides this horizon from C1 horizon below.
    C—117 to 122 centimeters (46.1 to 48.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and light gray (10YR 7/1) sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03263. Pockets of fine sands found in this horizon; some clay faces noticeable.