IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Merrimac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970CT003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970CT003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970CT003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1232
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34841
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 42.0244446
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6644440
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Suffield, 4,000 feet northwest from the intersection of Holladay Avenue and Blossom Street, and 300 feet west from Holladay Avenue in a forested area.
  • Map Unit: 29A—Agawam fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT003—Hartford
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.Gonick and D. Rector
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Merrimac
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/2012
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Agawam
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    BETUL

    TSUGA

    Betula

    Tsuga

    birch

    hemlock

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—2

    0—28

    2—5

    28—61

    76—142

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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

    1

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    55

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    270

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09359. 2 to 1 inches of undecomposed leaves and other organic litter.
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09360. 1 to 0 inches of decomposed and partially decomposed organic litter.
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09361
    Ap1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09362
    Ap2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09363
    Bw1—28 to 35 centimeters (11.0 to 13.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09364
    Bw2—35 to 43 centimeters (13.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09365
    Bw3—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09366
    BC—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; single grain; soft; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09367
    2C1—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09368
    2C2—91 to 142 centimeters (35.8 to 55.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09369