IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westminster
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962MA011001
  • User Pedon ID: S1962MA011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0455
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32983
  • 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: 42.5769234
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7564621
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Franklin County, Massachusetts. Town of Buckland, Bray Road, in woods east of Bray Road, 2 miles southwest of Shelburne Falls. Pinpointed on soil survey field sheet CXI-74-188; coordinated X - 5 5/8 inches, Y - 5 3/4 inches.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA011—Franklin
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA011—Franklin County, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Klaus Flach, Stephen J. Zayach, and John R. Mott.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, frigid Lithic Dystrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Westminster
  • PSC - 10 to 18 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westminster
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/22/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    O1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A03399. Litter of leaves mainly sugar maple, white birch, red oak, and white oak.
    O2—7 to 10 centimeters (2.8 to 3.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A03400. Partially decomposed litter.
    A1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); black (5YR 2/1) loam; moderate and strong fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03401. 5 to 10 percent coarse skeleton of 2 mm. to 6-inch channers and some gravel.
    B21—20 to 35 centimeters (7.9 to 13.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; massive parts to fine and medium granular; very friable; 3.0 medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03402. 5 to 10 percent coarse skeleton of 2 mm. to 6-inch channers and some gravel.
    B22—35 to 56 centimeters (13.8 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; massive parts to fine and medium granular; very friable; medium and coarse roots top of horizon and 3.0 medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03403. 5 to 10 percent coarse skeleton of 2 mm. to 6-inch channers and some gravel.
    D—56 to 61 centimeters (22.0 to 24.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A03404. Dark gray schist bedrock with hard smooth surface.