IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hinckley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MA009004
  • User Pedon ID: S1973MA009004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0506
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33034
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 42.6249695
  • Std. Longitude: -71.1800156
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Andover, 1 6/10 miles west of Ballard Vale, 300 yards west junction of Interstate 93 and Dascomb Road.
  • 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: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hinckley
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hinckley
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/1973 (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

    ochric epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—20

    28—63

    —20—

    —35—
    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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    Oe—; moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Not sample. Decomposed organic and live roots.
    Oi—; slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. No sample. Undecomposed pine needles, oak leaves and twigs.
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (N 2/0), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; highly organic loamy coarse sand; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky; 21.0 fine roots; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03783
    Ap—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; fine subangular blocky parts to very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky; 21.0 fine roots; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03784
    Bw—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy coarse sand; fine subangular blocky parts to very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky; 21.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03785
    2Bw—28 to 64 centimeters (11.0 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) extremely gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; very friable, nonsticky; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03786
    3C—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 25 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03787
    4C—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); 60 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) gravel; single grain; very friable, nonsticky; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A03788