IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pootatuck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MA011001
  • User Pedon ID: 91MA011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0819
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63857
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 42.4736099
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5833359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 600 feet W. of pole #92 on River
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA011—Franklin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Huerill, L. Brown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • 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 - Pootatuck
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/25/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hadley
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Udifluve
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (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

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—28

    117—

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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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    40

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silt loam; weak medium granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4953. few fine roots; common very fine roots
    AC—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4954. few fine roots; few medium distinct 10YR54 mottles
    C1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) very fine sandy loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4955. few very fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR54 mottles
    C2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) very fine sandy loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4956. few very fine roots; common medium prominent 7.5YR53 mottles
    C3—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) very fine sandy loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4957. common coarse prominent 7.5YR44 mottles
    C4—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; 11 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) fine distinct and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse faint mottles; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4958. common fine distinct 2.5Y43 mottles; common coarse faint 10YR44 mottles
    2Cg—117 to 178 centimeters (46.1 to 70.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse faint mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P4959. many coarse faint 10YR54 mottles