IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sunapee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002MA027001
  • User Pedon ID: MA614-2002-001-P
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002MA027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15480
  • 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: 42.1711121
  • Std. Longitude: -72.1780548
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Petersham: about 300 feet west of woods road at a point 0.2 miles from woods road 0.8 miles east northeast of Harvard Forest research Center. At site of hemlock study.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA027—Worcester
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA614—Worcester County, Massachusetts, Northwestern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42072-E2—Athol, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce Thompson, Shawn Finn, Andrew Williams
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sunapee
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/16/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sunapee
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 48 cm of depth to redox features


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy supraglacial meltout till derived from igneous and metamorphic rock
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: till plain
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent nonflat subrounded 250- to 600-millimeter granite,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 34
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    CARYA

    TSUGA

    Acer rubrum

    Carya

    Tsuga

    red maple

    hybrid hickory

    hemlock

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    0—6

    5—6

    6—32

    —6—

    0—1—2

    3—26—26
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    8/12/2002

    8/12/2002

    25

    50

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    15

    14
    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

    1

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    364

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    285

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face slightly decomposed plant material; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 fine roots throughout and ; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume granite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe—1 to 5 centimeters (0.4 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter granite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—5 to 6 centimeters (2.0 to 2.4 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face cobbly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter granite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—6 to 9 centimeters (2.4 to 3.5 inches); 60 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face and 40 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—9 to 32 centimeters (3.5 to 12.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter granite fragments and 15 percent by volume , 23 percent by weight nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—32 to 48 centimeters (12.6 to 18.9 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face very cobbly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face stony sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 8 percent by volume , 12 percent by weight 75-?-250 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter granite fragments and 13 percent by volume , 19 percent by weight 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—64 to 88 centimeters (25.2 to 34.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face very gravelly sandy loam; friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 2 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 2 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter granite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—88 to 152 centimeters (34.6 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face gravelly loamy sand; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 2 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red.; slightly moist when described;