IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Canton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MA027002
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MA027002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979MA027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1979MA027002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74592
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.4773278
  • Std. Longitude: -71.6167444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Canton Taxadjunct, Harvard, Worcester County, A wood lot 10 m (33 ft) SE of West Bare Hill Road, 250 m (825 ft) NNW of Scott Road and West Bare Hill Road intersection (USGS-Hudson quadrangle).
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA027—Worcester
  • 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: MA615—Worcester County, Massachusetts, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42071-D5—Hudson, 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 6.0
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Canton
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/25/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Canton
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/1979
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till
  • 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
  • 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

    strongly contrasting textural stratification

    noncoherent

    56 - 157

    - 101 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—23

    23—46

    56—157

    56—157

    —23—

    —23—

    —101—

    —101—
    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

    5

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    130

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    180

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # UMA79114. partially decomposed leaf and pine needle litter
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) fine roots; , 1 percent by weight nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA79115
    Ap—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; , 1 percent by weight nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA79116
    Bw—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; few (0.5) medium roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA79117
    BC—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 4 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA79118
    2C1—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 18 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA79119
    2C2—74 to 119 centimeters (29.1 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) gravelly loamy coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 21 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA79120
    2C3—119 to 157 centimeters (46.9 to 61.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) sandy loam; structureless massive; firm; 14 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA79121