IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carver
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959MA001001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959MA001001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959MA001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0429
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32957
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.9013596
  • Std. Longitude: -69.9855423
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Town of Wellfleet, 100 yards west of route 6 and just north of Lieutenant Island Road. Pinpointed on soil survey sheet and air photo 5K-68.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA001—Barnstable
  • MLRA: 149B—Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA001—Barnstable County, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.J. Pedersen, G. Schmidt, J Kubota, R.J. Roffinoli, S.J. Zayach, and C.W. Upham.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic, coated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • 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 - Carver
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/8/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dukes
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIRI

    Pinus rigida

    pitch pine

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    albic materials

    spodic materials

    0—2

    0—23

    2—6

    6—23

    18—25

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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

    11

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. not sampled.
    Oe—2 to 6 centimeters (0.8 to 2.4 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03215
    E1—6 to 19 centimeters (2.4 to 7.5 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coarse sand; single grain parts to weak medium granular; loose; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03216. Less than 1 percent coarse skeleton of very fine gravel.
    E2—19 to 23 centimeters (7.5 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A03217
    Bhs—23 to 31 centimeters (9.1 to 12.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) coarse sand; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, weakly cemented; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03218. Medium and coarse sands containing fingers of soil material from A22 and B22 horizons; massive in place, comes out in clods and crushes to weak fine and medium crumb structure; slightly firm in place; clods friable and very friable in the hand, the sands are weakly cemented.
    BC1—31 to 42 centimeters (12.2 to 16.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03219
    BC2—42 to 67 centimeters (16.5 to 26.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03220
    BC3—67 to 82 centimeters (26.4 to 32.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine roots; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03221
    BC4—82 to 97 centimeters (32.3 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03222
    C1—97 to 125 centimeters (38.2 to 49.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03223
    C2—125 to 146 centimeters (49.2 to 57.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03224. not sampled.