IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Essex
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1957MA023001
User Pedon ID:
S1957MA023001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
yes
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A0431
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
32959
Print Date:
11/12/2024
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:
41.9785881
Std. Longitude:
-70.9527969
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Lehtola Red Farm, Bridgewater, pinpointed on soil survey photograph DPT 10 - 12.
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:
Edwood J. Pedersen, William H. Coates, Rino J. Roffinoli, and Charles W. Upham.
Current Taxonomic Class:
Sandy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Essex
PSC -
25 to 76 cm.
Classificaton Date -
6/26/2013
Classifier -
Marissa Theve
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eleventh edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
oxyaquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Essex
Classificaton Date -
7/1/1957
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Certification Status:
certified
SITE
Parent Material:
till
Landscape:
plains
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/1/1957 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
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
densic contact
densic materials
0—20
20—38
76—
76—91
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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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) coarse sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03236
Bw1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03237
Bw2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03238. 30 percent coarse skeleton of subangular cobbles.
BC—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03239
C1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03240
C2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) coarse sandy loam; massive parts to weak coarse subangular blocky; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A03241
Cd—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy loam; strong coarse platy structure; hard, very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03242