IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westminster
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962MA011002
  • User Pedon ID: S1962MA011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0456
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32984
  • 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: 42.5249786
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7772980
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Franklin County, Massachusetts. Town of Ashfield, Emmets Road, in woods north of Emmets Road, 3/4 mile southeast of Ashfield village. Pinpointed on soil survey field sheet CXI-74-191; coordinates X - 2 3/16 inches, Y - 4 3/16 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: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • 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 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A03405. Loose litter of leaves, mostly red oak, sugar maple, and white birch.
    O21—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A03406. Partially decomposed litter.
    O22—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A03407. Black humus.
    A1—8 to 11 centimeters (3.1 to 4.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; weak 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 unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03408. 5 to 10 percent coarse skeleton, mainly fine channers with some gravel and coarse channers.
    B21—11 to 21 centimeters (4.3 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; massive parts to fine and medium granular; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03409. 5 to 10 percent skeleton, mainly fine channers with some gravel and coarse channers.
    B22—21 to 36 centimeters (8.3 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; massive parts to fine and medium granular; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03410. 5 to 10 percent coarse skeleton, mainly fine channers with some gravel and coarse channers.
    B23—36 to 54 centimeters (14.2 to 21.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand; massive, and fine and medium granular; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03411. 5 to 10 percent coarse skeleton, mainly fine channers with some gravel and coarse channers.
    D—54 to 59 centimeters (21.3 to 23.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A03412. Dark gray schist bedrock with a hard smooth surface.