IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HADLEY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MA003002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MA003002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970MA003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1291
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34900
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 42.1266518
  • Std. Longitude: -73.3509293
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Sheffield.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA003—Berkshire
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA003—Berkshire County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42073-B3—Great Barrington, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. R. Mott, J. A. Ferwerda
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HADLEY
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hadley
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    AGGI2

    TRPR2

    Agrostis gigantea

    Trifolium pratense

    redtop

    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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 medium roots; 21.0 medium interstitial pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09809
    C1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate thin platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, silt coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09810. Arbitrary boundary.
    C2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) exterior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate thin platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, silt coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09811
    C3—56 to 94 centimeters (22.0 to 37.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine to medium tubular and 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09812
    C4—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very fine sandy loam; 21 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium and coarse prominent and 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09813
    C5—119 to 157 centimeters (46.9 to 61.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very fine sandy loam; 21 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine prominent and 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09814