IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Winooski
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MA015003
  • User Pedon ID: 70MA015003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MA015003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1292
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34901
  • 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: 42.2944260
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6328430
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: City of Northampton. Precisely located on soil survey air photo DPB-5H-42.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA015—Hampshire
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42072-C6—Easthampton, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. R. Mott, S. J. Zayach
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Aquic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Winooski
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/2/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Winooski
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/1970
  • 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: 6/10/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DPB 5H-42
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    AGGI2

    Agrostis gigantea

    redtop

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

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    endosaturation

    aquic conditions

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—30

    44—140

    44—69

    44—140

    44—140

    112—140

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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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    34

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    Ap1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09815
    Ap2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09816
    C—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) fine sandy loam; 21 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) medium distinct and 21 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09817
    Cg—69 to 112 centimeters (27.2 to 44.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent and 21 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09818
    C'—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) silt loam; 21 percent greenish gray (5GY 5/1) medium prominent and 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09819