IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eldridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994MA023004
  • User Pedon ID: S1994MA023004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994MA023004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67025
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 41.8598595
  • Std. Longitude: -70.9530563
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Assawompset pond quad—north central section—town of Lakeville—350 feet west of route 18, 1200 feet south of crooked lane. Wilfred Shorle farm.
  • 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-G8—Assawompset Pond, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Willy Shobel, Jim Tyrenne, Meredith Slater, Richard Pullman, LeaAnn Pytlik
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Aquic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldridge
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/2024
  • Classifier - Jim Turenne
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amostown
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid Typic Udorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock and/or silty lacustrine deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 49-145C
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ASCLE

    PLANT

    PLSE

    SECAL

    TARAX

    TRIFO

    Asclepias

    Plantago

    Pluchea sericea

    Secale

    Taraxacum

    Trifolium

    milkweed

    plantain

    arrowweed

    rye

    dandelion

    clover

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—26

    26—52

    52—188

    97—

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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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    23

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00047
    Bw—26 to 52 centimeters (10.2 to 20.5 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00048
    C1—52 to 74 centimeters (20.5 to 29.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sand; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent irregular and 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium and coarse distinct irregular mottles; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00049
    C2—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine sand; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent irregular and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent irregular mottles; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P00050
    2Cg1—97 to 132 centimeters (38.2 to 52.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent irregular and 5 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) coarse prominent irregular mottles; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 95P00051. lake floor deposit becomes firm with depth—unable to auger below 200cm.
    2Cg2—132 to 188 centimeters (52.0 to 74.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt; 5 percent olive (5Y 5/3) coarse distinct irregular mottles; massive; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 95P00052