IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hinesburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994MA023005
  • User Pedon ID: S1994MA023005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994MA023005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67026
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 41.8788872
  • Std. Longitude: -70.9216690
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Bridgewater quad—south central section, town of Lakeville, 550 feet east of route 105, 1300 feet south of route 495 & route 105 off ramp, 500 feet west of Conrail tracks.
  • 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-H8—Bridgewater, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Turenne, Meredith Slater, Rich Pullman, LeaAnn Pytlik
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hinesburg
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/2015
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hinesburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy over 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
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • 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
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    CELAS

    QUVE

    Celastrus

    Quercus velutina

    bittersweet

    black oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—19

    19—35

    84—

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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

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    27

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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) highly organic fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00053
    Bw1—19 to 35 centimeters (7.5 to 13.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00054
    Bw2—35 to 55 centimeters (13.8 to 21.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loamy sand; massive; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00055
    C—55 to 84 centimeters (21.7 to 33.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P00056. gravel described in C horizon is fine gravel (30% dark mineralogy)
    2C—84 to 160 centimeters (33.1 to 63.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt; massive; friable; 1.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 95P00057. 2mm thick plates (rhythmites) are found in layer. 1 in to .25 in horizontal layers of brighter material associated with coarser textures color ranges from 2.5Y 6/3 to 2.5Y 5/4. Few fine dead roots found between plates in 2C.