IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977MA005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1977MA005002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977MA005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4184
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40374
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 41.5563698
  • Std. Longitude: -71.0811386
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Westport. 200 feet east of Route 88, 1 mile south of Hix Bridge Road. South side of Old Farm Road.
  • Map Unit: 73A—Whitman fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, extremely stony
  • Country: US—United States
  • 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: MA603—Bristol County, Massachusetts, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. J. Raffinoli
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, acid, mesic Typic Humaquepts
  • 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitman
  • PSC - 25 to 52 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/19/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitman
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    QUAL

    VACO

    Quercus alba

    Vaccinium corymbosum

    white oak

    highbush blueberry

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

    hemic soil materials

    umbric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    densic materials

    densic contact

    0—3

    0—16

    0—206

    16—54

    54—206

    56—

    —3—

    —16—

    —206—

    —41—

    —152—

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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

    3

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    27

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    59

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) mucky peat; loose; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31941
    Oa—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31942
    Bg1—16 to 31 centimeters (6.3 to 12.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 21.0 roots; 10 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 # 40A31943
    Bg2—31 to 54 centimeters (12.2 to 21.3 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent and 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable; 3.0 roots; 10 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 # 40A31944
    Cdg1—54 to 105 centimeters (21.3 to 41.3 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent and 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coarse prominent mottles; massive; very firm; 10 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 # 40A31945
    Cdg2—105 to 155 centimeters (41.3 to 61.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium and coarse prominent and 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium and coarse prominent mottles; massive; very friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31946
    Cd—155 to 206 centimeters (61.0 to 81.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 21 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A31947. Few coarse fragments.