IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hinckley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MA009002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973MA009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0504
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33032
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 42.6988602
  • Std. Longitude: -70.9625092
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Rowley, 2.2 mi. southeast of Georgetown Village, 1,000 yards south of junction of Interstate 95 and Mass. Route 133.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA009—Essex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. J. Zayach and D. C. Fuller.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • 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 - 7/1/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gloucester
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—2

    0—8

    2—5

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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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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03766. Undecomposed pine needles, oak leaves and twigs. Not sampled.
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; 21.0 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03767. Decomposed organic matter with many fine woody roots.
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) highly organic sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03768. Less than 5 percent coarse fragments; zone of clean sand grains a few millimeters thick at base of horizon.
    Bh—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) highly organic sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03769. Less than 5 percent coarse fragments.
    Bw1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) gravelly loamy sand; subangular blocky parts to weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03770
    Bw2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; subangular blocky parts to weak very fine and fine granular structure; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03771
    Bw3—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; subangular blocky parts to weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky; 3.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03772
    2C1—69 to 114 centimeters (27.2 to 44.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; friable, nonsticky; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A03773
    2C2—114 to 157 centimeters (44.9 to 61.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; friable, nonsticky; 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A03774