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: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 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
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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