IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tisbury
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MA015007
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MA015007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1980MA015007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74603
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • 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: 42.3947694
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5525722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximate location: north of Brooks Barn, University of Massachusetts campus; SE section of field near entrance (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-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Udorthents
  • 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 - Tisbury
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/7/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ninigret
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Dystrochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over glaciofluvial deposits
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oi

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    2C

    0

    3

    18

    46

    68

    89

    3

    18

    46

    68

    89

    202

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oi

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    2C

    0

    3

    18

    46

    68

    89

    3

    18

    46

    68

    89

    202

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oi

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    2C

    0

    3

    18

    46

    68

    89

    3

    18

    46

    68

    89

    202

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

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—18

    18—89

    46—68

    89—202

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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

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; structureless massive; many (5.0) roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA07907. thatch; many root fibers and live roots
    Ap—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; many (5.0) fine roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA08083. common medium distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) blotches of material richer in organic material; UMass Lab No: 8083
    Bw1—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) very fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 10 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA08084. horizon roots primarily located in krotovinas; UMass Lab No: 8084
    Bw2—46 to 68 centimeters (18.1 to 26.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 12 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions and 13 percent fine faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA08085. UMass Lab No: 8085
    BC—68 to 89 centimeters (26.8 to 35.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) loamy very fine sand; structureless massive; friable; few (0.1) fine roots; medium distinct black (N 2/), moist, iron depletions and fine distinct black (N 2/), moist, iron depletions and coarse distinct black (N 2/), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA08086. about 30% of horizon face consists of large light olive brown (2.5Y5/4) blotches; UMass Lab No: 8086
    2C—89 to 202 centimeters (35.0 to 79.5 inches); 50 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 50 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) stratified stratified sand to silt; structureless massive, and structureless single grain; firm; fragments. Lab sample # UMA08087. Alternating bands of olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine silt and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sand ranging from 1mm to 5mm in thickness; silty bands are massive and firm and sandy bands are single grained and loose; bands dip slightly to the southeast; often within and along the bottom of the coarser sand bands is a thin prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) layer and likewise along the bottom of the fine silt bands is a thin prominent dark brown (10YR 3/3 layer;