IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scitico
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MA009006
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MA009006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978MA009006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0112
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50352
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.6517606
  • Std. Longitude: -70.8289382
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: ScA—SCANTIC SILT LOAM, 0 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA009—Essex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA605—Essex County, Massachusetts, Northern Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Scitico
  • PSC - 25 to 100 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 - Scitico
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: river terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent 20- to 75-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1978 (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

    ACRU

    OLIGO3

    Acer rubrum

    Oligoneuron

    red maple

    goldenrod

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—20

    20—107

    20—218

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    —87—

    —198—
    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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    7.6

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bg1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent clay films and 75 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 21 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00560. Horizon contains 1/4 inch thick discontinuous fine sand starch
    Bg2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) iron depletions and 21 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bg3—61 to 107 centimeters (24.0 to 42.1 inches); silty clay loam; moderate very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P00561. Two 1/4 inch bands of fine sand in lower part of the horizon
    C1—107 to 145 centimeters (42.1 to 57.1 inches); silty clay loam; 21 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) medium distinct and 21 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions and 21 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C2—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) silty clay; weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Horizon contains two 1/4 inch thick layers of 10yr 4/4 sand.
    C3—178 to 218 centimeters (70.1 to 85.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) silty clay; weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Horizon contains 1/8-2 inch thick layers of 10yr 4/4 sand.