IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pittstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982MA027001
  • User Pedon ID: S1982MA027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1982MA027001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74615
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 42.4982167
  • Std. Longitude: -71.5638806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Pittstown Taxadjunct, Carlson Orchards - Havard, Massachussets.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA027—Worcester
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA613—Worcester County, Massachusetts, Northeastern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42071-D5—Hudson, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.1B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pittstown
  • PSC - 25 to 52 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/9/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pittstown
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 52 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1982
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/1982 (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

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    Cd

    0

    15

    28

    39

    52

    15

    28

    39

    52

    77

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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

    BC

    Cd

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    28

    39

    52

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    52

    77

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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

    BC

    Cd

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    28

    39

    52

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    28

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    52

    77

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

    densic material

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    52 - 77

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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

    densic contact

    0—15

    28—52

    39—77

    52—77

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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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 18 percent by volume flat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA82054
    Bw1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 10 percent by volume flat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA82055
    Bw2—28 to 39 centimeters (11.0 to 15.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent medium faint light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume flat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA82056
    BC—39 to 52 centimeters (15.4 to 20.5 inches); 2.5Y 4/6 (2.5Y 4/6) loam; structureless massive; firm; clay films on rock fragments; 1 percent medium faint light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent medium faint 5Y 3/3 (5Y 3/3), moist, iron depletions; 13 percent by volume flat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA82057. patchy clay films bordering rock fragments; 10-15% rock fragments recorded; patchy - phpvsfiid 1276286; patchy - phpvsfiid 1276286
    Cd—52 to 77 centimeters (20.5 to 30.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct 2.5Y 4/ (2.5Y 4/), moist, iron depletions; 18 percent by volume flat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # UMA82058. 15-20% rock fragments recorded