IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MA015004
  • User Pedon ID: 70MA015004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MA015004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1293
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34902
  • 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: 42.3013687
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6309052
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: City of Northampton. Precisely located on soil survey air photo DPB 5H-43.
  • 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-silty, mixed, active, acid, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/5/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/10/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    0—18

    0—165

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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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    32

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; 3 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) medium prominent and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium faint and 3 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09820
    Ap2—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium prominent and 3 percent dark gray (5YR 4/1) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09821
    C1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silt; 3 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) medium distinct and 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09822
    C2—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silt loam; 3 percent greenish gray (5GY 5/1) coarse distinct and 3 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) coarse distinct and 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09823
    C3—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); 50 percent greenish gray (5GY 5/1) and 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; massive; nonsticky; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09824
    C4—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) silt loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) medium distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; nonsticky; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09825
    2C—132 to 165 centimeters (52.0 to 65.0 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) fine sandy loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) medium distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; nonsticky; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09826