IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Agawam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958MA011002
  • User Pedon ID: S1958MA011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0454
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32982
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 42.5255318
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5272827
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Montague, Route 63, Harry De Wolf farm, 3/4 mile southeast of Montague Center. Pinpointed on soil survey field sheet CX1-6H-47. Franklin County, Massachusetts.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA011—Franklin
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA011—Franklin County, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Edwood J. Pedersen, Joe Kubota, Fredrick A. Filios, and Stephen J. Zayach.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Agawam
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sudbury
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1958 (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

    aquic conditions

    abrupt textural change

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—20

    20—53

    53—97

    69—

    69—

    —20—

    —33—

    —44—

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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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    85

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sandy loam; weak and moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03393. 3 to 5 percent coarse skeleton.
    Bw1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03394. Less than 3 percent coarse skeleton.
    Bw2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03395. Less than 3 percent coarse skeleton.
    A'gb—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) medium distinct mottles; very friable; 0.5 fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03396. 5 percent coarse skeleton.
    2C1—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03397
    2C2—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) extremely gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03398