IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amenia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960MA003004
  • User Pedon ID: S1960MA003004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960MA003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0423
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32951
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 42.3902588
  • Std. Longitude: -73.3523178
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Dean Ellis farm, 50 feet east of Dublin road, 150 feet north of Stevens Corner Road, Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, aerial photo DPM-3K-125
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA003—Berkshire
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA003—Berkshire County, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.J. Pedersen, D.D. Bohrer, F.A. Filios, S.J. Zayach, and D.C. Fuller.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Eutrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amenia
  • PSC - 10 to 21 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amenia
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/8/1960 (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

    PASA2

    POA

    Pastinaca sativa

    Poa

    wild parsnip

    bluegrass

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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
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    5

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03163
    B1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03164
    B21g—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly silt loam; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine and medium and olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine and medium and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium mottles; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03165
    B22gx—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) silt loam; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine and medium and gray (5Y 5/1) fine and medium and dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine and medium mottles; massive; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03166. Few clay or silt skins in pores and discontinuous film on what appear to be large ped faces; weakly calcareous.
    C1gx—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) gravelly silty clay loam; gray (5Y 5/1) fine and fine and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine mottles; massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03167. Deposits of silt or clay along fissures and in some pores; arbitrarily split from horizon below for sampling.
    C21gx—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) gravelly silty clay loam; gray (5Y 5/1) fine and medium and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine and medium mottles; massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03168. Deposits of silt or clay along fissures and in some pores; calcareous.
    C22gx—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) gravelly silty clay loam; gray (5Y 5/1) fine and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine mottles; massive; firm; 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03169. Deposits of silts or clay along fissures and in some pores; calcareous.
    C23gx—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) gravelly silt loam, gravelly silty clay loam; weak medium parts to thick platy structure; firm; 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 23 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03170. Discontinuous silt films on depressions of ped faces; calcareous.