IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hinckley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MA005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973MA005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0508
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33036
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 41.9255333
  • Std. Longitude: -71.0633545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Raynham, 400 feet west intersection of King Philip and Gardner Streets.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA005—Bristol
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA602—Bristol County, Massachusetts, Northern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41071-H1—Taunton, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. J. Zayach and R. J. Roffinoli.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hinckley
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/29/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hinckley
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and gravelly glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/27/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other shrub cover
  • 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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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) highly organic fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A03795. less than 5 percent coarse fragment.
    Bw1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03796. Less than 5 percent coarse fragments.
    Bw2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03797
    Bw3—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; very friable; 0.3 fine roots; 27 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03798
    C1—41 to 102 centimeters (16.1 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; firm; 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03799
    C2—102 to 157 centimeters (40.2 to 61.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 55 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A03800