IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Agawam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MA027001
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MA027001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979MA027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1979MA027001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74591
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 42.2937167
  • Std. Longitude: -71.6623861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 15 meters NE of Thayer Street - Route 20 intersection; 15 meters SE of Route 20 pavement in the town of Northboro (USGS-Shrewsbury quadrangle).
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA027—Worcester
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA615—Worcester County, Massachusetts, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42071-C6—Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Agawam
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2013
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Agawam
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/1979
  • 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: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/1979 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—21

    21—67

    67—

    77—100

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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

    2

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    87

    87

    135

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; structureless massive; fragments. Lab sample # UMA84031
    Ap—3 to 21 centimeters (1.2 to 8.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; many (5.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA79122
    Bw1—21 to 39 centimeters (8.3 to 15.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; many (5.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA79123
    Bw2—39 to 67 centimeters (15.4 to 26.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; few (0.3) medium roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA79124
    BC—67 to 77 centimeters (26.4 to 30.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy coarse sand; structureless single grain; friable; few (0.3) medium roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA79125
    2C1—77 to 100 centimeters (30.3 to 39.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA79126
    2C2—100 to 155 centimeters (39.4 to 61.0 inches); coarse sand; fragments. Lab sample # UMA79127