IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Katama
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MA011002
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MA011002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000MA011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0743
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12241
  • 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: 42.5394440
  • Std. Longitude: -72.4499969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Wendell State Forest 300 feet South of Montague Road, 690 SE of Interstate W Charlton Road, (Pine Plantation); Town: Wendell
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA011—Franklin
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA011—Franklin County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42072-E4—Millers Falls, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, isotic, mesic Humic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Katama
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monadnock
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed,
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 8/6/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/6/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACER

    QUERC

    Acer

    Quercus

    maple

    oak

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

    hemic soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—3

    0—18

    18—50

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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

    5

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    315

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak granular structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04605. roots: mo-2
    Ap—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 00P04606. roots: mo-2f C3
    Bw—18 to 26 centimeters (7.1 to 10.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), dry; fine sandy loam; subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04607. roots: f2, 1, 3
    Bw—26 to 50 centimeters (10.2 to 19.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04608. roots: f1, 2, 3
    C1—50 to 70 centimeters (19.7 to 27.6 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; loamy coarse sand; massive; friable; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04609
    C2—70 to 88 centimeters (27.6 to 34.6 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04610
    C3—88 to 113 centimeters (34.6 to 44.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), pale olive (5Y 6/4), dry; sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04611
    C4—113 to 163 centimeters (44.5 to 64.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale olive (5Y 6/4), dry; sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P04612