IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Birchwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MA027006
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MA027006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1980MA027006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74611
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 42.2378361
  • Std. Longitude: -72.2116500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximate Location: 300 m (990 ft) NW of Coys Hill Road, 1.5 km (0.9 mile) N of intersection of Coys Hill Road and Reynolds Road (USGS-Warren quadrangle); Land Use: Abandoned hay field;
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA027—Worcester
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA615—Worcester County, Massachusetts, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42072-B2—Warren, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.1B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Birchwood
  • PSC - 25 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/24/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Scituate
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/1980
  • 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: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Cd1

    2Cd2

    0

    20

    30

    48

    102

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    30

    48

    102

    127

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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

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Cd1

    2Cd2

    0

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    48

    102

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    48

    102

    127

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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

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Cd1

    2Cd2

    0

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    30

    48

    102

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    48

    102

    127

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

    densic material

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    48 - 127

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

    ochric epipedon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    redox concentrations

    densic materials

    aquic conditions

    0—20

    48—127

    48—127

    48—127

    48—127

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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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; very friable; many (5.0) fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA08078
    Bw1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; structureless massive; friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 7 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA08079
    Bw2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; structureless massive; friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 7 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA08080
    Cd1—48 to 102 centimeters (18.9 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) gravelly loamy sand; structureless massive; firm; 25 percent medium prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 19 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UMA08081. "many medium prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) mottles [entered here as redox]; no roots; 1 to 4 inch "pockets" of strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) material;"
    2Cd2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) and red (2.5YR 5/8) silt loam; structureless massive; firm; 4 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA08082. "light brownish gray (2.5YR 6/2) loamy sandy "areas" and large red (2.5YR 5/9) "pockets"; "many corse, prominent mottles like harizon above""