IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carver
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957MA023002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957MA023002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0424
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32952
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 41.8538666
  • Std. Longitude: -70.9089050
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Vaughn Street, Middleboro, East of Assawompset Indian site; pinpointed on soil survey photograph DPT 10K-56.
  • 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: Mesic, coated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Carver
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/18/2019
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carver
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • 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 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    0—1

    0—23

    1—2

    2—3

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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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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03171. Litter of white pine needles.
    Oe—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Trace. Partially decomposed pine needles.
    Oa—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments. Trace. Humus.
    Ap—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy coarse sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03174. 24 degrees Celsius at 7 inches depth.
    Bw1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03175. Has a narrow range of particle size.
    Bw2—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03176
    Bw3—64 to 77 centimeters (25.2 to 30.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A03177
    C—77 to 107 centimeters (30.3 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03178. Occasional large roots; temperature 16 degrees Celsius at 38 inches depth.