IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boxford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MA009016
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MA009016
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978MA009016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1979MA009016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74586
  • 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: 42.6542917
  • Std. Longitude: -70.7945722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Typical pedon of Boxford 400 meters NE of John wise Road and Choate Road intersection USGS Ipswich quadrangle.
  • 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42070-F7—Ipswich, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boxford
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2013
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boxford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Aquic Dystric Eutrochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1978
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciomarine deposits
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—25

    25—107

    25—165

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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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    —

    7

    7

    90

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07811
    Bw1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; fine roots; 10 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07812
    Bw2—46 to 49 centimeters (18.1 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak prismatic structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots; 25 percent brown (10YR 5/3) silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine faint black (5YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07813
    Bw3—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.3) fine roots; 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese masses and 5 percent medium distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese masses and 10 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07814
    C—107 to 165 centimeters (42.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate thick platy structure; firm; few (0.3) fine roots; 25 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA07815