IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MA015005
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MA015005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980MA015005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1980MA015005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74601
  • 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: 42.4082278
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5922417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximate location: 27 m E of Main Street, 250 m S of junction with Depot Road (USGS-Mt. Toby Quadrangle).
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA015—Hampshire
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA609—Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Central Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42072-D5—Mount Toby, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, acid, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • 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 - Limerick
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/3/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/13/1980
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/13/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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

    ACRU

    POGR4

    Acer rubrum

    Populus grandidentata

    red maple

    bigtooth aspen

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

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    endosaturation

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—5

    5—152

    5—152

    5—152

    91—140

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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

    1.5

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    36

    36

    338

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; very friable; common (3.0) fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80146
    Cg—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; common (3.0) fine roots; 30 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 30 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80147
    Ab—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 30 percent ; fragments smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80148
    C'g—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; structureless massive; very friable; common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) coarse roots; 30 percent medium distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80149
    A'b—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) coarse roots; 30 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80150
    C''g1—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; few (0.5) medium roots and few (0.5) fine roots; 30 percent fine distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80151
    C''g2—91 to 140 centimeters (35.8 to 55.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 30 percent medium distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent medium faint gray (5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80152
    C''g3—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loamy fine sand; structureless massive; friable; 30 percent coarse distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # UMA80153