IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lyman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MA003004
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MA003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1979MA003004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74583
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 42.5083750
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0420111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximate location: 330m E junction of Rte. 9 and Savoy Hollow Road and 90 m N of Rte. 9 (USGS- Windsor quadrangle).
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA003—Berkshire
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA003—Berkshire County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42073-E1—Windsor, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, isotic, frigid Lithic Haplorthods
  • 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 - Lyman
  • PSC - 25 to 42 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/26/2013
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lyman
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, frigid Lithic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1979
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till derived from granite and gneiss
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: indurated gneiss at 42cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/1979 (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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    sapric soil materials

    spodic materials

    spodic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—12

    0—4

    12—42

    12—42

    42—

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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

    4

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    612

    612

    45

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    Oa—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); highly decomposed plant material; structureless massive; fragments. Lab sample # UMA07919
    A—4 to 12 centimeters (1.6 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots; ; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA07920
    Bs1—12 to 27 centimeters (4.7 to 10.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA84024
    Bs2—27 to 34 centimeters (10.6 to 13.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07922
    BC—34 to 42 centimeters (13.4 to 16.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 9 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA07923
    2R—42 to 67 centimeters (16.5 to 26.4 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # UMA07903