IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Paxton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MA015008
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MA015008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1980MA015008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74604
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 42.3939806
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5210417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximate location: Site is located 21 m (70ft) E of observatory on Orchard Hill at the University of Massachusetts campus (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, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Oxyaquic 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 - Paxton
  • PSC - 25 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/7/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Paxton
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1980
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop trees
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bw

    BC

    C

    Cd

    0

    23

    43

    61

    69

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    43

    61

    69

    100

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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

    Ap

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    C

    Cd

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    43

    61

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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 %

    Ap

    Bw

    BC

    C

    Cd

    0

    23

    43

    61

    69

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    43

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    69

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

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    69 - 100

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

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    densic materials

    densic contact

    0—23

    61—69

    69—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

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium granular, and structureless massive; friable; many (5.0) very fine roots top of horizon and common (3.0) very fine roots and many (5.0) fine roots top of horizon and common (3.0) fine roots; many fine high-continuity pores; 7 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA80003. random lenses and discontinuous layers of charcoal; UMass Lab No: 80003
    Bw—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) gravelly fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots; 18 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA80004. common worm casts ranging in diameter from 5-50 mm; UMass Lab No: 80004
    BC—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots; 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA80005. common worm casts; UMass Lab No: 80005
    C—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; few (0.1) very fine roots; 10 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and olive (5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 13 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # UMA80006. iron oxide staining along root channels; UMass Lab No: 80006
    Cd—69 to 100 centimeters (27.2 to 39.4 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; firm; many fine low-continuity pores; olive (5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 23 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA80007. UMass Lab No: 80007