IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scitico
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MA009007
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MA009007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0113
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50353
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 42.5539839
  • Std. Longitude: -70.9108831
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Essex County, Massachusetts. Town of Danvers, 450 feet south of the junction of Bridge Street and Bradstreet Avenue. Pinpointed on soil survey field sheet 2433-35-185 at coordinates 22.0X and 2.5Y and on Salem, Mass. USGS topographic quadrangle at 42 33' 13" north latitude and 70 54' 40" west longitude.
  • 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, active, nonacid, mesic Typic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • 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 - 6/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Landform: river terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1978 (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

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    0—25

    0—165

    25—165

    —25—

    —165—

    —140—
    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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    8

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromcresol purple; abrupt smooth boundary.
    BAg—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00562
    Bg1—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromcresol purple; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bg2—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromcresol purple; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bg3—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); silty clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 82P00563
    Bg4—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); fragments.