IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tihonet
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007MA023001-Tihonet
  • User Pedon ID: S2007MA023001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2007MA023001-Tihonet
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0685
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19118
  • 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: 42.0096664
  • Std. Longitude: -70.8771973
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In the town of Halifax, 620 meters East from the intersection of Elm Street and Pond Street and 500 meters southeast of the southern most point of Burrage pond.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA023—Plymouth
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA023—Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42070-A8—Whitman, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Al Averill and Rob Tunstead
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Psammaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tihonet
  • PSC - 26 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tihonet
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Psammaquents
  • Classificaton Date - 9/4/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • Field Measured Properties: 4 inches of Estimated seasonal high water table and 15 cm of Diameter of largest rock fragment


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy human transported material derived from igneous rock over sandy glaciofluvial deposits derived from igneous rock
  • Anthropogenic Feature: cut (road, railroad, etc.)
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Ponding: rare ponding for very brief periods begining in jan
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/4/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    redox concentrations

    endosaturation

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—17

    0—1

    11—28

    17—165

    17—165

    38—

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    1

    —

    —

    17.4

    —

    180

    1273

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    MA6262

    Pembroke

    WETS
    Oe—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04183; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—1 to 11 centimeters (0.4 to 4.3 inches); 60 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; coarse sand; structureless massive; very friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04184; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—11 to 17 centimeters (4.3 to 6.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) sand; structureless massive; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent medium prominent spherical noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 3 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04185; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—17 to 28 centimeters (6.7 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) sand; structureless massive; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent medium prominent spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 2 percent coarse prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 3 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 3 percent medium prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04186; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) coarse sand; structureless massive; friable; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04187; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Cg1—38 to 112 centimeters (15.0 to 44.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04188; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2Cg2—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04189; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2Cg3—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 07N04190; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket