IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pittsfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960MA003007
  • User Pedon ID: S1960MA003007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960MA003007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0206
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32735
  • Print Date: 10/31/2024

    • 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: 42.2138710
  • Std. Longitude: -73.4056473
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Andrew Durlack farm, 125 feet south of Cross (Seekonk) Road, 550 yards east of Old Great Barrington Road, Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, aerial photo DPM-3K-91.
  • 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 Dystric Eutrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pittsfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pittsfield
  • 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

    7

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate fine granular parts to medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01528
    B21—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam, loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 8 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01529
    B22—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 12 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01530. Earthworm casts and channels are common.
    B3—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak thick platy; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 2-76-150 millimeter quartzite fragments and limestone, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01531. Numerous limestone ghosts; earthworms and earthworm channels and casts are common.
    C1—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2-76-150 millimeter quartzite fragments and limestone, unspecified fragments and 25 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 # 40A01532. Contains strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) rotten limestone fragments; limestone ghosts are numerous; very weakly effervescence with cold, dilute HCl believed to be from unweathered limestone fragments.
    C21—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand; massive; friable; 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A01533
    C22—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A01534. (Auger hole) Same as horizon above except matrix is weakly calcareous.