IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hadley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982MA015001
  • User Pedon ID: 82MA015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0639
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52876
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 42.3249817
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6411819
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: City of Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts USA.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA015—Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. Swanson, S. Hundley, S. Bodine and P. Veneman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • 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
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Udifluve
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1982 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—24

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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 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P3132. many very fine roots; common fine roots
    C1—24 to 107 centimeters (9.4 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior silt loam, sandy loam; massive; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P3133. Sample numbers 3133 to 3137.; many very fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    C2—107 to 117 centimeters (42.1 to 46.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silt loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse platy structure; very friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 83P3138. Light gray (10YR 7/2) sand grain coatings between plates. (horizon appears to be a discontinous lens).; common fine and medium roots; common fine and medium distinct 10YR34 mottles; common fine and medium distinct 7.5YR32 mottles
    C3—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior loamy fine sand; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P3139. Thin grayish brown (2.5Y5/2) silt loam lenses.; common fine faint 10YR58 mottles
    C4—137 to 147 centimeters (53.9 to 57.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior silt loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium and coarse distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium and coarse distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P3140. few fine roots; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR58 mottles; many medium and coarse distinct 7.5YR58 mottles
    Apb—147 to 180 centimeters (57.9 to 70.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silt loam; 1 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P3141. few fine distinct 5Y52 mottles
    C'—180 to 190 centimeters (70.9 to 74.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct and 11 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak platy structure; friable; fragments. Not sampled.; common fine and medium distinct 5Y42 mottles; few medium distinct 7.5YR44 mottles