IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sudbury
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MA009019
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MA009019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1978MA009019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74578
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 42.5628583
  • Std. Longitude: -70.8540889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximate location: Sally Millgan Park, 135m (450 ft) W of Boyle Street and Crosslane junction. SSFS 36-440 @ 16.8X & 4.8Y (USGS- Marblehead North quadrangle)
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA009—Essex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA606—Essex County, Massachusetts, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42070-E7—Marblehead North, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Dystrudepts
  • 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 - Sudbury
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/23/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sudbury
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Aquic Dystrochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/1978
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and gravelly glaciofluvial deposits
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    Bw

    2BC

    2C1

    2C2

    2C3

    0

    23

    51

    66

    107

    135

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    66

    107

    135

    165

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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

    Bw

    2BC

    2C1

    2C2

    2C3

    0

    23

    51

    66

    107

    135

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    66

    107

    135

    165

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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

    Bw

    2BC

    2C1

    2C2

    2C3

    0

    23

    51

    66

    107

    135

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    165

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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

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    redox concentrations

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—23

    23—51

    23—165

    23—51

    23—51

    51—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

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate coarse granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots; 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA07836
    Bw—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07837. worm casts of darker material
    2BC—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) gravelly sand; structureless massive; firm; few (0.5) fine roots; 34 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07838
    2C1—66 to 107 centimeters (26.0 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) stratified stratified gravelly coarse sand to very gravelly coarse sand to coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; few (0.5) fine roots; 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07839
    2C2—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) very gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 38 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07840
    2C3—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 38 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA07841