IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carver
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959MA001002
  • User Pedon ID: S1959MA001002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959MA001002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0430
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32958
  • 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: 41.9449692
  • Std. Longitude: -70.0216522
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Town of Wellfleet, 0.7 miles east of route 6 on Ocean Beach Road - just east of power line and north of road. Pinpointed on soil survey sheet and air photo 4K-57
  • 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Carver
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/18/2019
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • 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 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    GAYLU

    MOREL2

    PIRI

    QUBE5

    Gaylussacia

    Morella

    Pinus rigida

    Quercus berberidifolia

    huckleberry

    bayberry

    pitch pine

    scrub oak

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

    fibers

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    albic materials

    0—5

    0—29

    5—11

    11—24

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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 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Not sampled; Litter mainly of scrub oak leaves.
    Oe—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Not sampled; Partially decomposed oak leaves.
    Oa—8 to 11 centimeters (3.1 to 4.3 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03227. Discontinuous black (10YR 2/1) humus containing many fine roots.
    E1—11 to 24 centimeters (4.3 to 9.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03228
    E2—24 to 29 centimeters (9.4 to 11.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03229
    Bhs—29 to 36 centimeters (11.4 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) coarse sand; single grain; friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03230
    Bs—36 to 57 centimeters (14.2 to 22.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse sand; single grain; very friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03231
    BC1—57 to 77 centimeters (22.4 to 30.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; very friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 18 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03232
    BC2—77 to 95 centimeters (30.3 to 37.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03233
    BC3—95 to 118 centimeters (37.4 to 46.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03234
    C—118 to 138 centimeters (46.5 to 54.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; 18 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03235. 3-5 percent dark fine grained rock fragments in the finer portion of the sand fraction.