IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hadley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MA015001
  • User Pedon ID: 70MA015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1288
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34897
  • 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: 42.3083115
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5995102
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: City of Northampton. Precisely located on soil survey air photo DPB-6H-119.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA015—Hampshire
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42072-C5—Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. R. Mott, J. A. Ferwerda
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hadley
  • 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 - Hadley
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/8/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—28

    172—183

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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

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    37

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09789. Arbitrary boundary
    Ap2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09790
    Bw1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) broken face and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) rubbed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and black (5YR 2/1), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A09791. continuous - phpvsfiid 1091685; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091686; continuous - phpvsfiid 1091685; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091686
    Bw2—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) broken face and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) rubbed, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine low-continuity tubular pores; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A09792. continuous - phpvsfiid 1091687; continuous - phpvsfiid 1091687
    BC—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09793
    C1—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and brown (10YR 4/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09794
    C2—137 to 173 centimeters (53.9 to 68.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09795
    2C—173 to 183 centimeters (68.1 to 72.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loamy fine sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09796