IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Merrimac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008MA023002-Merrimac-S (crop)
  • User Pedon ID: S2008MA023002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0698
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20000
  • 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: 41.7376938
  • Std. Longitude: -70.8582230
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In the town of Rochester in a cropped field, 410 feet directly South of Rounseville Road (Route 105) and 3356 feet West-Southwest of the intersection of Vaughn Hill Road and Rounseville Road. Property farmed by Frank Cervelli.
  • 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: 41070-F7—Marion, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald Parizek, Debbie Surabian, & Rob Tunstead
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Merrimac
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Merrimac
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1-216
  • 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 - 26
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—37

    37—54

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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

    1

    —

    —

    16.8

    —

    90

    1225

    —

    201

    9.4

    20.4

    -1.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    MA6938

    Rochester

    WETS Station
    Ap—0 to 37 centimeters (0.0 to 14.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine low-continuity irregular pores; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04345; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—37 to 54 centimeters (14.6 to 21.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine low-continuity irregular and 0.5 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04346; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—54 to 71 centimeters (21.3 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior loamy coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine low-continuity irregular and 0.5 fine high-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N04347; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior stratified stratified coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N04348; observed in pit, small
    C2—104 to 200 centimeters (40.9 to 78.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior stratified stratified sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 08N04349; observed in pit, small