IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Becket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987MA003001
  • User Pedon ID: 87MA003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987MA003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0585
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59880
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 42.6199989
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0363922
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Windsor Quad Berkshire County, MA: New State Road .5 km SSW of intersection with Tannery Rd, 15 meters E from Rd.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA003—Berkshire
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bodine, S. Gregnolati, M.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Becket
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Becket
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    PIRU

    TSUGA

    Acer rubrum

    Picea rubens

    Tsuga

    red maple

    red spruce

    hemlock

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

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    18—24

    24—81

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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

    14

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    587

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    270

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    1Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) interior; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 87P03067. The upper part (0-5 cm) is recognizable roots, leaves and litter but crushes to same material as 5-18 cm. Note the color of the upper 5 cm is (2.5YR 2/2).; many fine roots; many very fine roots throughout
    1Oa—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); black (N 2/0) interior; moderate coarse granular, and moderate very coarse granular structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 87P03067. Concentration of very coarse roots on left side of pit.; common fine roots; common very fine roots throughout
    1E—18 to 24 centimeters (7.1 to 9.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03068. This horizon is interrupted by roots and pockets 1-8 cm wide.; few fine roots; few very fine roots throughout
    1Bhs—24 to 28 centimeters (9.4 to 11.0 inches); 50 percent dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) interior and 50 percent black (5YR 2/1) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03069. Colors are intermittent and mixed and is common 2/1 at upper boundary and 2/2 at lower boundary.; few fine roots; few medium roots throughout
    1Bs1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) interior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior fine sandy loam; 1 percent reddish black (10R 2/1) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03070. (10YR 2/1), (5YR 2/1) (2.5YR 2/2) coatings on fracture faces, pockets and root channels.; few medium roots; few coarse roots throughout; few medium distinct 10R21 mottles
    1Bs2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior and 25 percent reddish black (10R 2/1) and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct and 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03071. (10YR 2/1), (5YR 2/1) and (2.5YR 2/2)coatings on frature faces, pockets and root channels. Colors have sharp boundaries. Low value of chroma and redder hue related to accumulation of organic matter.; few medium roots; few coarse roots throughout; few medium distinct 10YR46 mottles; few medium distinct 5YR44 mottles
    1Bs3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); 80 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior and 10 percent reddish black (10R 2/1) interior and 5 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03072. Colors have sharp boundaries. Low value of chroma and redder hue related to accumulation of organic matter.; few medium roots; few fine roots throughout; few medium distinct 10YR58 mottles; few fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles
    1CB—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); 30 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior fine sandy loam, loamy very fine sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 7 percent by volume metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03073. (5YR 4/4), (7.5YR 4/6, 4/4, 3/4) these colors concentrated along seams and root channels at the top of the horizon. Hoosic schist saprolite. Few fine fungal hyphze. Common silt cap on gravel. Roots mostly on fracture faces.; few fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    1Cd1—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); 60 percent olive (5Y 4/3) interior and 40 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior loamy very fine sand, fine sand; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct and 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 2 percent by volume metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03074. (7.5YR 3/4) remains of Hoosic schist 10 cm in diameter. Pockets and masses, seams of (10YR 7/3) fine sand. Silt cap on layer of coarse fragments.; few fine distinct 10YR46 mottles; very few to few distinct 10YR73 mottles
    1Cd2—109 to 150 centimeters (42.9 to 59.1 inches); 90 percent olive (5Y 4/3) interior and 10 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior loamy very fine sand, fine sand; 1 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, phenol red. Banded oxidized boundaries. Rock fragments of schist oxidized. Silt cap on larger rocks.; few fine distinct 2.5Y44 mottles