IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mattapoisett
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MA023001
  • User Pedon ID: S1993MA023001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MA023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0704
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66047
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.6291656
  • Std. Longitude: -70.8102798
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 110 feet SE of an unnamed dirt access road at a point 450 feet SW of the intersection of access road with Mattapoisett Neck road. The access road is located approx. 1.4 miles SE of intersection Rt. 6 and Mattapoisett Neck road in town of Mattapoisett, MA.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA023—Plymouth
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA023—Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41070-F7—Marion, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Peter Fletcher, Dick Scanv, Lea Ann Pytlick, Jim Turenne, Judy Bartos, and Lee Cooke Childs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, mesic, shallow, ortstein Typic Duraquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mattapoisett
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mattapoisett
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/1993
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock and/or till derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1-154
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CLETH

    NYSSA

    PIST

    QUAL

    VACO

    Clethra

    Nyssa

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus alba

    Vaccinium corymbosum

    sweetpepperbush

    tupelo

    eastern white pine

    white oak

    highbush blueberry

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

    umbric epipedon

    fibric soil materials

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    0—24

    0—5

    5—10

    10—18

    24—36

    36—98

    126—0

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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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    6

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    135

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); peat; loose; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04863
    Oe—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) broken face and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed mucky peat; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04864
    Oa—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) broken face and very dark gray (N 3/0) rubbed muck; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04865
    A—18 to 24 centimeters (7.1 to 9.4 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0) broken face mucky loamy sand; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04866
    E—24 to 36 centimeters (9.4 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face loamy sand; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine to medium roots throughout; organic stains; 10 percent medium faint spherical very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 12 percent medium faint spherical gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 13 percent medium faint spherical gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04867
    Bhs—36 to 57 centimeters (14.2 to 22.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face sand; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 5 percent medium distinct spherical very dark gray (5Y 3/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 5 percent fine distinct spherical very dark gray (5Y 3/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent fine distinct spherical strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04868
    Bsm—57 to 65 centimeters (22.4 to 25.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face sand; massive; hard, very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots in cracks; 5 percent fine prominent irregular dusky red (2.5YR 3/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 5 percent medium prominent irregular dusky red (2.5YR 3/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 5 percent fine prominent irregular dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium prominent irregular dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04869. sample # 93P4875 is a subsample of this horizon.
    Bs—65 to 98 centimeters (25.6 to 38.6 inches); 85 percent 10YR (10YR/), broken face and 15 percent 2.5Y (2.5Y/), broken face sand, fine sand; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots in cracks and 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 12 percent coarse prominent irregular red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 12 percent coarse distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 13 percent medium prominent irregular red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 13 percent medium distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04871. 93P4870.
    C—98 to 126 centimeters (38.6 to 49.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face loamy sand; massive; loose, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and 5 percent medium distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and 10 percent fine faint irregular brown (10YR 5/3), moist,; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04872
    2Cd1—126 to 150 centimeters (49.6 to 59.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 1 percent medium distinct irregular light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04873
    2Cd2—150 to 183 centimeters (59.1 to 72.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent irregular mottles; massive; hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 1 percent fine spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) iron-manganese masses throughout and 1 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 93P04874