IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scitico
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MA009022
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MA009022
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978MA009022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1978MA009022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74581
  • 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: 42.5556556
  • Std. Longitude: -70.9091389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Scitico Series, 136m (450 ft) South of Bridge Street and BradStreet Ave. junction (USGS-Salem quadrangle).
  • 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
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA606—Essex County, Massachusetts, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42070-E8—Salem, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Endoaqualfs
  • 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 Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth 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 - 10/5/1978
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    BEg

    Btg1

    Btg2

    Btg3

    Btg4

    0

    25

    38

    71

    99

    137

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    38

    71

    99

    137

    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

    BEg

    Btg1

    Btg2

    Btg3

    Btg4

    0

    25

    38

    71

    99

    137

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    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

    BEg

    Btg1

    Btg2

    Btg3

    Btg4

    0

    25

    38

    71

    99

    137

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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

    aquic conditions

    endosaturation

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—25

    25—165

    25—165

    38—165

    71—165

    137—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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many fine roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA07823
    BEg—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (3.0) fine roots; 25 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07824. Noticable thin fine sand or coarse silt or veritcal ped faces (possibly due to clay being stripped away since there are some clay films).
    Btg1—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) fine roots; 10 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, iron-manganese masses; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07825
    Btg2—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) fine roots; 1 percent black (5Y 2.5/1), moist, manganese coatings and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07826. The silty clay has primary ped interiors and secondary ped faces, with gray (5y 5/1) 2 mm thick silt prism faces.
    Btg3—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent black (5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese coatings and 7 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses and 7 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses and 7 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses and 7 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07827. Primary ped interiors and secondary ped faces, with gray (5Y 5/1) 2 mm thick silt prism faces and some yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) primary ped interiors.
    Btg4—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 5 percent medium grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent black (5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # UMA07828. Primary ped interiors, with gray (5Y 5/1) silt prism faces and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) secondary ped faces.