IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Massasoit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MA023004
  • User Pedon ID: S1991MA023004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0791
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63829
  • 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: 41.7494431
  • Std. Longitude: -70.7730560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 2200 feet E of County road at a point 1.05 miles N of intersection of County road and Point road in the town of Wareham, MA
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA023—Plymouth
  • MLRA: 149B—Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P.C. Fletcher, Larry Brown, Judy Bartos, Dick Scan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, mesic, shallow, ortstein Typic Duraquods
  • 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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Massasoit
  • PSC - 25 to 44 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/9/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pipestone
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • 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

    albic materials

    spodic horizon

    3—9

    3—33

    14—33

    33—58

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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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    5

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    135

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    Oa—3 to 9 centimeters (1.2 to 3.5 inches); 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0) muck; weak fine and 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, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4615. common medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots
    A—9 to 14 centimeters (3.5 to 5.5 inches); 2.5Y 2/0 (2.5Y 2/0) fine sand; massive; very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4616. common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    Eg1—14 to 27 centimeters (5.5 to 10.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sand; 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) medium and coarse faint mottles; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4617. few medium and coarse roots; few very fine roots; many medium and coarse faint 10YR32 mottles
    Eg2—27 to 33 centimeters (10.6 to 13.0 inches); 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0) fine sand; 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) medium and coarse distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4618. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR31 mottles
    Bhs—33 to 44 centimeters (13.0 to 17.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) and reddish gray (5YR 5/2) fine sand; 11 percent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse platy structure; firm; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4619. this color appears as mottles but also follows along planes of weakness in bandsThixotropic; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots; common fine and medium prominent 7.5YR20 mottles
    Bsm—44 to 58 centimeters (17.3 to 22.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine sand; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) fine and medium prominent and 1 percent reddish gray (5YR 5/2) fine and medium prominent and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; massive; very firm, strongly cemented; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4620. few fine and medium prominent 5YR22 mottles; few fine and medium prominent 5YR52 mottles; many medium and coarse prominent 7.5YR46 mottles
    BC—58 to 68 centimeters (22.8 to 26.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; 11 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) fine and medium distinct and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4621. common fine and medium distinct 2.5YR24 mottles; common fine and medium distinct 2.5YR54 mottles; many medium and coarse prominent 10YR46 mottles
    C1—68 to 110 centimeters (26.8 to 43.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sand; 11 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4622. common fine and medium distinct 5YR44 mottles
    Cg2—110 to 200 centimeters (43.3 to 78.7 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loamy very fine sand; 11 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4623. common fine and medium distinct 5YR44 mottles