IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Millsite
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995MA011001
  • User Pedon ID: S1995MA011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0916
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67923
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 42.6927795
  • Std. Longitude: -72.3158340
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3100 feet N of Royalston Rd. From 100 feet N of it's intersection w/Hasting Height Rd.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA011—Franklin
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA011—Franklin County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42072-F3—Mount Grace, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Averill, R. Pullman, W. Taylor
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Millsite
  • PSC - 25 to 59 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Townbridge
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Dystrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: F7-2B
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    351

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    135

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    L—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 95P05954
    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05955. Partially decomposed leaf & twig matter.
    Oi—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05956. Decomposed organic material.
    A—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05957
    Bw1—10 to 26 centimeters (3.9 to 10.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05958
    Bw2—26 to 49 centimeters (10.2 to 19.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05959
    C—49 to 59 centimeters (19.3 to 23.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loamy sand; massive; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05960
    R—59 centimeters (23.2 inches); fragments. Hard gneissic bedrock