IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brancroft
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MA009004
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MA009004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978MA009004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0110
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50350
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 42.6584273
  • Std. Longitude: -70.8078266
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA009—Essex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Aquic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brancroft
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boxford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Aquic Dystric Eutrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1978
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciomarine deposits
  • Landform: undulating upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    CAAR4

    Carex argyrantha

    hay sedge

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—23

    23—51

    30—86

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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

    2

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    9.1

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bw1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 75 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along pores; 1 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary.
    Bw2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent fine distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese coatings; 1 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00556
    Bw3—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 75 percent fine distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese coatings; 1 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 1091737; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091737
    C1—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate very coarse angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 75 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 75 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent black (5YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds and 30 percent black (5YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00557. continuous - phpvsfiid 1091740; continuous - phpvsfiid 1091741; continuous - phpvsfiid 1091740; continuous - phpvsfiid 1091741
    C2—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 75 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent black (5YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds and 30 percent black (5YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1091738; continuous - phpvsfiid 1091739; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1091738; continuous - phpvsfiid 1091739
    C3—112 to 165 centimeters (44.1 to 65.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium platy, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 75 percent medium prominent black (5YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 1 percent by volume 20-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. continuous - phpvsfiid 1091736; continuous - phpvsfiid 1091736