IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Canton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002MA027002
  • User Pedon ID: S2002MA027002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: MA614-2002-002-S
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15481
  • 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: 42.4797211
  • Std. Longitude: -72.1774979
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Petersham: 400 feet east of Route 122 at a point 1/2 mile south of intersection with Route 32; about 40 feet north of woods road.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA027—Worcester
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA614—Worcester County, Massachusetts, Northwestern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce Thompson, Shawn Finn, Darlene Monds
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Canton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Charlton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy ablation till derived from gneiss and/or coarse-loamy ablation till derived from mica schist
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: till plain
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent nonflat subangular 250- to 600-millimeter gneiss,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 34
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    CARYA

    FRAXI

    PIST

    PRSE2

    QURU

    TSUGA

    Acer rubrum

    Carya

    Fraxinus

    Pinus strobus

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus rubra

    Tsuga

    red maple

    hybrid hickory

    ash

    eastern white pine

    black cherry

    northern red oak

    hemlock

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—23

    23—66

    —23—

    —43—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    8/13/2002

    8/13/2002

    25

    50

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    17

    17
    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

    13

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    297

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    180

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    A—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face fine sandy loam; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00044; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00045; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00046; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face channery loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 20 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00047; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face channery loamy coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 25 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00048; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face very channery loamy coarse sand; friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 35 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N00049; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) crushed very channery loamy sand; friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 25 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 03N00050; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small