IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Agawam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984MA015018
  • User Pedon ID: S1984MA015018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1984MA015018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74616
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 42.3568583
  • Std. Longitude: -72.4815056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Logtown Road, 90 meters East of Belchertown Road Intersection, in the town of Amherst, Mass. (USGS-Belchertown 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-C4—Belchertown, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic 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 - Agawam
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/2013
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Agawam
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/1984
  • 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: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits over glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landform: kame
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1984 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—22

    22—80

    80—200

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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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    —

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    90

    90

    110

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common (3.0) very fine roots and common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA84000
    Ap—5 to 22 centimeters (2.0 to 8.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots and few (0.5) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA84001
    Bw1—22 to 35 centimeters (8.7 to 13.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots and few (0.5) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA84002
    Bw2—35 to 64 centimeters (13.8 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots and few (0.5) very coarse roots and few (0.5) medium roots and few (0.5) fine roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method irregular boundary. Lab sample # UMA84003
    Bw3—64 to 80 centimeters (25.2 to 31.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots and few (0.5) very coarse roots and few (0.5) medium roots and few (0.5) fine roots and few (0.5) coarse roots; 30 percent by volume nonflat 20-75-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA84004
    2BC—80 to 88 centimeters (31.5 to 34.6 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) gravelly sand, gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; few (0.5) very fine roots and few (0.5) medium roots and few (0.5) fine roots; 30 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA84005
    2C1—88 to 130 centimeters (34.6 to 51.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) very gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 40 percent by volume nonflat 2-75-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA84006
    2C2—130 to 200 centimeters (51.2 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) stratified stratified fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA84007