IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hadley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984MA015019
  • User Pedon ID: S1984MA015019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984MA015019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1984MA015019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74617
  • 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: 42.3457333
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6152056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximate location:9m North of Meadow Road and Honey Pot Road intersection. Town of Hadley, Hampshire County (USGS-Mt. Holyoke 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-C5—Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Udifluvents
  • 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 - Hadley
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/18/2013
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hadley
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Udifluvents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/1984
  • 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: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/18/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    redox concentrations

    aquic conditions

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—17

    93—151

    151—163

    151—163

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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

    1

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    37

    37

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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many (5.0) very fine roots and many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA84008
    Ap—4 to 17 centimeters (1.6 to 6.7 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) loamy very fine sand; structureless massive; very friable; common (3.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA84009
    C—17 to 30 centimeters (6.7 to 11.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) very fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable; common (3.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) medium roots and few (1.0) fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA84010
    A'p—30 to 62 centimeters (11.8 to 24.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; few (1.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) medium roots and few (1.0) fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA84011
    C'—62 to 83 centimeters (24.4 to 32.7 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) very fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; few (1.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) medium roots and few (1.0) fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA84012
    Ab—83 to 93 centimeters (32.7 to 36.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) medium roots and few (1.0) fine roots; common very fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA84013
    C''1—93 to 136 centimeters (36.6 to 53.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots and common (3.0) fine roots; ; 1 percent fine faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese nodules; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter charcoal fragments observed by weighed method; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # UMA84014
    C''2—136 to 151 centimeters (53.5 to 59.4 inches); 2.5Y 3/4 (2.5Y 3/4) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; few (1.0) very fine roots and few (1.0) fine roots; 1 percent fine faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese nodules; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # UMA84015
    A'b—151 to 163 centimeters (59.4 to 64.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; few (1.0) very fine roots; common very fine pores; 1 percent fine faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # UMA84016
    C'''—163 to 168 centimeters (64.2 to 66.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/4) silt loam; structureless massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky; firm; few (1.0) very fine roots; common very fine pores; 25 percent fine distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 25 percent fine faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter charcoal fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA84017