IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oyster River
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008MA023001-Ipswich-S
  • User Pedon ID: S2008MA023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0697
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19999
  • 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: 42.1628876
  • Std. Longitude: -70.7426910
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In town of Scituate immediately adjacent and just west of Route 3A, 2103 feet North of the interesection of Route 3A and Spring Street (Town of Marshfield), 522 feet North of open water for North River, 15 feet West of fill for Route 3A, and 82 feet West of Route 3A hardtop, drainage ditch and cut accessed via a scenic park and ride area.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA023—Plymouth
  • 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: MA023—Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42070-B6—Scituate, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Parizek, D. Hvizdak, S. McVey, D. Surabian, R. Tunstead
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Thapto-histic Sulfaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oyster River
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/10/2024
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - thirteenth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ipswich
  • Taxonomic Class - Euic, mesic Typic Sulfisaprists
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: grassy organic material
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: tidal marsh
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: very frequent flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/7/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 70-39
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 22
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    aquic conditions

    sulfidic materials

    histic epipedon

    sapric soil materials

    hemic soil materials

    0—165

    0—100

    0—30

    10—74

    74—99

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    —-

    —-

    —-

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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

    0

    —

    —

    1.5

    —

    0

    1212

    —

    192

    9.7

    20.5

    -1.4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    MA3624

    HINGHAM

    WETS Station
    ACseg1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 85 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face and 15 percent olive (5Y 4/4) broken face and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) rubbed mucky silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; slightly fluid; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N04337; wet when described; observed in cut
    ACseg2—10 to 22 centimeters (3.9 to 8.7 inches); 75 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face and 10 percent black (N 2.5/), broken face and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) rubbed mucky silt loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky; slightly fluid; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04338; wet when described; observed in cut
    ACseg3—22 to 41 centimeters (8.7 to 16.1 inches); 85 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face and 5 percent black (N 2.5/), broken face and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) rubbed mucky silt loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky; slightly fluid; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04339; wet when described; observed in cut
    ACseg4—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) rubbed mucky silt loam; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky; moderately fluid; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04340; wet when described; observed in cut. 1 decomposed shell was observed within the horizon.; A 2cm thick sand layer was observed at the bottom of the horizon
    Oeseb—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed mucky peat; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky; slightly fluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04341; wet when described; observed in cut
    AC'segb1—99 to 112 centimeters (39.0 to 44.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) rubbed mucky silt loam; structureless massive; slightly sticky; slightly fluid; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04342; wet, satiated when described; observed in push tube
    AC'segb2—112 to 133 centimeters (44.1 to 52.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed mucky silty clay loam; structureless massive; nonsticky; nonfluid; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04343; wet, satiated when described; observed in push tube
    O'eseb—133 to 165 centimeters (52.4 to 65.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) rubbed mucky peat; structureless massive; nonsticky; slightly fluid; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red. Lab sample # 08N04344; wet, satiated when described; observed in push tube