IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carver
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959MA023001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959MA023001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959MA023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0426
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32954
  • 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: 41.8283081
  • Std. Longitude: -70.6758423
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Town of Plymouth, South Boundary Line Road in Miles Standish State Forest. Pinpointed on soil survey field sheet and on air photo 5K-195.
  • 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, Gordon Schmidt, Rino J. Roffinoli, Stephen J. Zayach, and Joe Kubota
  • 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Carver
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/18/2019
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carver
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    QUBE5

    VAAN

    Pinus rigida

    Quercus berberidifolia

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    pitch pine

    scrub oak

    lowbush blueberry

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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

    0—2

    0—11

    2—6

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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

    0

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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); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) moderately decomposed plant material; 21.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03189
    A—6 to 11 centimeters (2.4 to 4.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03190
    Bw1—11 to 16 centimeters (4.3 to 6.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) loamy coarse sand; single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A03191
    Bw2—16 to 29 centimeters (6.3 to 11.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03192
    Bw3—29 to 54 centimeters (11.4 to 21.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy coarse sand; massive parts to weak fine granular; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03193
    Bw4—54 to 75 centimeters (21.3 to 29.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy coarse sand; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 18 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03194
    BC—75 to 108 centimeters (29.5 to 42.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 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 # 40A03195
    C—108 to 141 centimeters (42.5 to 55.5 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03196