IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Paxton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MA005006
  • User Pedon ID: S1973MA005006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0512
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33040
  • 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: 41.9557194
  • Std. Longitude: -71.1891917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Norton, 100 feet south of Barrows St. and 300 feet east of Sumer St.
  • Map Unit: 306B—Paxton fine sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA005—Bristol
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA602—Bristol County, Massachusetts, Northern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. J. Zayach and R. J. Roffinoli
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Paxton
  • PSC - 30 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Paxton
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy lodgment till
  • Landscape: drumlin field
  • Landform: hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/29/1973 (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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    56 - 145

    - 89 -

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

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

    0—5

    0—18

    20—56

    56—

    56—145

    —5—

    —18—

    —36—

    —-

    —89—
    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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    —

    36.1

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    346

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    Oi1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03823. Not sampled; layer of loose leaves and pine needles.
    Oi2—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03824. Matted layer of leaves and pine needles.
    Bh—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly sandy loam; massive; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03825
    Bw1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly sandy loam; massive; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 22 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03826
    Bw2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly sandy loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 17 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03827
    Cd1—56 to 96 centimeters (22.0 to 37.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) very gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate very coarse platy structure; very firm; 38 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03828
    Cd2—96 to 145 centimeters (37.8 to 57.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive parts to coarse and very coarse platy; extremely firm; 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A03829