IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scitico
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MA009017
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MA009017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978MA009017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1978MA009017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74576
  • 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: 42.6511417
  • Std. Longitude: -70.8296139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximate location: 0.8 km (1/2 miles) W of Fellows Road and Candlewood Road intersection.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA009—Essex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42070-F7—Ipswich, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Typic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.1B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Scitico
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Iseib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Scitico
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, nonacid, mesic Typic Haplaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1978
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey marine deposits
  • Drainage Class: 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 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bg1

    2Bg2

    2Bg3

    2C1

    2C2

    2C3

    0

    20

    41

    61

    107

    145

    178

    20

    41

    51

    107

    145

    178

    218

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    Bg1

    2Bg2

    2Bg3

    2C1

    2C2

    2C3

    0

    20

    41

    61

    107

    145

    178

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    51

    107

    145

    178

    218

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    Bg1

    2Bg2

    2Bg3

    2C1

    2C2

    2C3

    0

    20

    41

    61

    107

    145

    178

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    SOLID

    Acer rubrum

    Solidago

    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—145

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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

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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; common (3.0) fine roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07816
    Bg1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (3.0) fine roots; 25 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA07817. Horizon has a discontinuous light 4 inch olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine sand stratum within and common bleached silt borders on vertical and some horizontal ped faces
    2Bg2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) fine roots; 10 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA07818. silty clay loam primary ped interiors and secondary ped faces'
    2Bg3—61 to 107 centimeters (24.0 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; moderate very fine angular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, iron depletions on vertical faces of peds and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, iron depletions on surfaces along root channels and 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA07819
    2C1—107 to 145 centimeters (42.1 to 57.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA07820
    2C2—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay, sand; weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA07821. silty clay with two 1/4 inch layers of dark yellowish brown sand
    2C3—178 to 218 centimeters (70.1 to 85.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay, sand; weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # UMA07822. silty clay with 1/8 inche to 2 inch layers of yellowish brown sand