IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carver
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MA001001
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MA001001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980MA001001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1980MA001001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74593
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 41.8847500
  • Std. Longitude: -69.9689028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximate location: 6m N of an unmaed dirt road at a point 985 m E of its interection with Old King's Highway (a fire road on Cape Cod National Seashore). This road is 1.9 kms of the road leading to Marconi Beach (USGS-Wellfleet quadrangle).
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA001—Barnstable
  • MLRA: 149B—Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA001—Barnstable County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41069-H8—Wellfleet OE E, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • 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 - Carver
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/18/2019
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/26/1980 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARUV

    PIRI

    QUVE

    Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

    Pinus rigida

    Quercus velutina

    kinnikinnick

    pitch pine

    black oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    fibric soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    0—26

    0—3

    3—8

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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

    3

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    15

    15

    135

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; structureless massive; fragments. Lab sample # UMA07915
    Oa—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) highly decomposed plant material; structureless massive; fragments. Lab sample # UMA07916
    Ap—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; few (0.5) medium roots and few (0.5) fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA80167
    Bw1—26 to 51 centimeters (10.2 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse sand; structureless massive; very friable; few (0.5) medium roots and few (0.5) fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA80168
    Bw2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse sand; structureless massive; very friable; few (0.5) medium roots and few (0.5) fine roots; 6 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA80169
    BC—74 to 110 centimeters (29.1 to 43.3 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; few (0.5) medium roots and few (0.5) fine roots; 12 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA80170
    C—110 to 160 centimeters (43.3 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 2.5Y 3/6 (2.5Y 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 13 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA80171