IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Agawam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954MA023006
  • User Pedon ID: S1954MA023006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0421
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32949
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.8471985
  • Std. Longitude: -70.9500198
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lakeville, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Accurately located on photograph of area in SCS office.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA023—Plymouth
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA023—Plymouth County, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.N. Coates, C.W. Upham, and J.H. Hartshorn.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Agawam
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/21/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Agawam
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/17/1954 (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

    cambic horizon

    0—18

    18—71

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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

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03148
    Bw1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; single grain; loose; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03149
    Bw2—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03150
    Bw3—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) very fine sandy loam; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03151
    BC—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) very fine sandy loam; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03152
    C—107 to 168 centimeters (42.1 to 66.1 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine sand; yellowish red (5YR 5/8) coarse mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03153