IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hinckley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MA009001
  • User Pedon ID: 73MA009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0503
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33031
  • 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: 42.6824684
  • Std. Longitude: -70.9933472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Boxford, 1 4/10 miles north of Boxford Village, 850 feet east of junction of Ipswich and Georgetown Roads.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA009—Essex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. J. Zayach and D. C. Fuller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hinckley
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hinckley
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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—23

    41—152

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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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03759
    Bw1—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive parts to subangular blocky; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03760
    Bw2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive parts to subangular blocky; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03761
    2C1—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03762
    2C2—58 to 94 centimeters (22.8 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03763
    2C3—94 to 130 centimeters (37.0 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravel; single grain; loose; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03764
    2C4—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) extremely gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A03765