IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): NELLIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960MA003006
  • User Pedon ID: S1960MA003006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960MA003006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0440
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32968
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.3847046
  • Std. Longitude: -73.2839813
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lisakis property, 100 yards west of West Mountain Road, 100 yards north of Lime Kiln Road, Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, aerial photo DPM-3K-126.
  • 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, mesic Typic Eutrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - NELLIS
  • PSC - 10 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lenox
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1960 (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

    TRPR2

    Trifolium pratense

    red clover

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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

    13

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed loam, silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03291
    B21—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) gravelly loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03292
    B22—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) gravelly loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03293
    B23—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) gravelly loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03294
    B3—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly loamy sand, gravelly sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03295. Some weathered limestone ghosts and much rotten micaceous schist.
    IIC1—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) loam; dark brown (10YR 3/3) distinct and olive gray (5Y 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and limestone, unspecified fragments and 75-162-250 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03296. Fragments are calcareous.
    IIC2—112 to 157 centimeters (44.1 to 61.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly silt loam, gravelly loam; massive; friable; clay films; 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03297