IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Agawam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MA011008A
  • User Pedon ID: S1991MA011008A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0827
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63865
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 42.5027771
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5488892
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100 feet West of (DB 21) S91MA-011-008
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA011—Franklin
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Frazer, Auerill, Brown
  • 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: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Agawam
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/21/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • 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 Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    sapric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—5

    0—10

    10—51

    79—102

    79—102

    —5—

    —10—

    —41—

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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

    2

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    —

    —

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    135

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    Oa—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P5010. common medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bw1—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P5011. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bw2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P5012. few very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    C—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loamy very fine sand; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P5013. few very fine and fine roots; few fine and medium roots; common medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    2C—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine sand; 11 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) fine and medium mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P5014. common fine and medium 2.5Y74 mottles