IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Agawam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006CT013001
  • User Pedon ID: S2006CT013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18852
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.8406105
  • Std. Longitude: -72.3061371
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Tolland County, Contecticut in the Town of Willington approximately 400 feet northeast of the intersection of Connecticut Route 32 and Baxter Road in a pasture.
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT013—Tolland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Parizek, D. Surabian, C. Morgan, L. Krall, B. Potocki
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Agawam
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/26/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Merrimac
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • Field Measured Properties: and soil penetrometer


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial deposits
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 32
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    abrupt textural change

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    59 - 100

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    0—20

    20—41

    41—100

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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

    2

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    119

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    360

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; firm, noncoherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately slow permeability; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-30-76 millimeter mixed fragments; 2.75 Jones 11 of Soil Penetrometer; 2.25 Jones 11 of Soil Penetrometer; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00121; observed in trench
    Bw1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) interior gravelly sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, noncoherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular and pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-35-76 millimeter mixed fragments; 1.75 Jones 11 of Soil Penetrometer; 2 Jones 11 of Soil Penetrometer; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00122; observed in trench
    Bw2—41 to 59 centimeters (16.1 to 23.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular and pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-35-76 millimeter mixed fragments; 0.75 Jones 11 of Soil Penetrometer; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00123; observed in trench
    C1—59 to 80 centimeters (23.2 to 31.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior very gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-35-76 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00124; observed in trench
    C2—80 to 118 centimeters (31.5 to 46.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior extremely gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 2 percent medium prominent irregular reddish black (2.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese coatings around rock fragments; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-35-76 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00125; observed in trench
    C3—118 to 135 centimeters (46.5 to 53.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-35-76 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00126; observed in trench
    C4—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) interior extremely gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 2 percent medium prominent irregular reddish black (2.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese coatings around rock fragments; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-35-76 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00127; observed in trench