IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005MA027001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004MA027001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: MA05027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1035
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16879
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 42.2577782
  • Std. Longitude: -72.1313858
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 1 mile North of Wigwam Rd from Rte 67, and about 300 feet West of Wegwam Rd adn 300 feet South of Power Line, in the town of West Brookfield.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA027—Worcester
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA615—Worcester County, Massachusetts, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42072-C1—North Brookfield, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shawn McVey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, parasesquic, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookfield
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookfield
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: ablation till
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: moderate weathered schist, unspecified at 46cm with 10 to <45
  • Geology: Partridge Formation formation of the Obr group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/27/2005 (entry creation 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

    PIST

    QURU

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus rubra

    eastern white pine

    northern red 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—9

    9—65

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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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    254

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    180

    1165

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    160

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, dry; moderately decomposed plant material; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 40.0 very fine roots throughout and 30.0 fine roots throughout; 50.0 very fine high-continuity irregular and 30.0 medium high-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05553; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 9 centimeters (1.2 to 3.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; highly organic channery loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 30.0 very fine roots throughout and 20.0 medium roots throughout and 25.0 fine roots throughout; 40.0 very fine high-continuity irregular and 25.0 medium high-continuity irregular and 30.0 fine high-continuity irregular pores; 20 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05554; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—9 to 23 centimeters (3.5 to 9.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dry; channery fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular and 10.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05555; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—23 to 65 centimeters (9.1 to 25.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) crushed, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N05556; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C—65 to 100 centimeters (25.6 to 39.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) crushed, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) crushed, dry; loamy sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15.0 very fine low-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green. Lab sample # 04N05557; dry when described; observed in pit, small