IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Windsor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MA023006
  • User Pedon ID: S1991MA023006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991MA023006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0793
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63831
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 41.7583333
  • Std. Longitude: -70.7700000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Snipatuit Quad, town of Wareham 3200 feet S of Fearing Hill Rd, 3000 feet E of County Rd, 1400 feet W of Squirrel Island Rd
  • Map Unit: 255B—Windsor loamy sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA023—Plymouth
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA023—Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41070-G7—Snipatuit Pond, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Turene, Dick Scanu
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Windsor
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Windsor
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    GAYLU

    QUAL

    QUVE

    Gaylussacia

    Quercus alba

    Quercus velutina

    huckleberry

    white oak

    black oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—15

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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

    4

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    12

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    45

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    A—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); 7.5YR 3/0 (7.5YR 3/0) fine sand; massive; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4633. colors of individual sand grains; common fine and medium roots; many very fine roots
    E—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand; massive; very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 fine to coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4634. Krotovina 1" diameter; few fine to coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots
    Bs—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; massive; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4635. few fine and medium roots; many very fine roots
    Bw1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine sand; massive; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4636. few fine and medium roots; many very fine roots
    Bw2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; massive; very friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4637. few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
    BC—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine sand; single grain; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4638. few very fine and fine roots
    C1—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine sand; single grain; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4639. pocket of fine gravel in upper C horizons; few fine roots
    C2—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4640
    C3—140 to 183 centimeters (55.1 to 72.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 91P4641. 1/8" lenses of very fine sand (possible silt) horizontal orientation, also found at 7'