IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nantucket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MA007001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MA007001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981MA007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1980MA007001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74597
  • 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: 41.3307028
  • Std. Longitude: -70.7932000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximate location: Road bank SE side of Moshup Trail, 117m (390 ft) SW of intersection of South Road and Moshup Trail (USGS-Squibnocket quadrangle).
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA007—Dukes
  • MLRA: 149B—Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA007—Dukes County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41070-B7—Squiboncket OE S, Massachusetts
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • 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 - Nantucket
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/5/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nantucket
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1981
  • 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?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1981 (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
  • 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

    Bw3

    BC

    Cd

    2C1

    3C2

    4Cd

    0

    15

    25

    48

    66

    84

    99

    107

    120

    15

    25

    48

    66

    84

    99

    107

    120

    150

    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

    Bw3

    BC

    Cd

    2C1

    3C2

    4Cd

    0

    15

    25

    48

    66

    84

    99

    107

    120

    15

    25

    48

    66

    84

    99

    107

    120

    150

    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

    Bw3

    BC

    Cd

    2C1

    3C2

    4Cd

    0

    15

    25

    48

    66

    84

    99

    107

    120

    15

    25

    48

    66

    84

    99

    107

    120

    150

    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2FERN

    MOREL2

    QUBE5

    RHUS

    Morella

    Quercus berberidifolia

    Rhus

    Fern or Fern Ally

    bayberry

    scrub oak

    sumac

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

    densic material

    84 - 99

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic materials

    densic contact

    densic materials

    0—15

    15—66

    84—99

    84—

    120—150

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    5

    21

    21

    112

    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; many (5.0) very fine roots; 11 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA81052. UMass Lab No: 81052
    Bw1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; many (5.0) very fine roots; 9 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA81053. UMass Lab No: 81053
    Bw2—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots; 11 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA81054. UMass Lab No: 81054
    Bw3—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots; 12 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA81055. UMass Lab No: 81055
    BC—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; structureless massive; firm; few (0.5) very fine roots; 7 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA81056. UMass Lab No: 81056
    Cd—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) coarse sandy loam; structureless massive; firm; 6 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA81057. UMass Lab No: 81057
    2C1—99 to 107 centimeters (39.0 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sand; structureless single grain; loose; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA81058. UMass Lab No: 81058
    3C2—107 to 120 centimeters (42.1 to 47.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA81059. UMass Lab No: 81059
    4Cd—120 to 150 centimeters (47.2 to 59.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; structureless massive; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA81060. UMass Lab No: 81060