IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Winooski
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008MA023004-Winooski-S
  • User Pedon ID: S2008MA023004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008MA023004-Winooski-S
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0700
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20002
  • 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: 41.9679184
  • Std. Longitude: -70.9080811
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In the town of Bridgewater, 236 feet directly west of where Winnetuxet River and Taunton River intersect, 2297 feet West-Southwest of interesction of Thompson Street (Route 105) and Pratt Street in Halifax, 2434 feet Southwest of Birdsall sampling location 2007, and 2297 feet directly East of Auburn Street.
  • 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-H8—Bridgewater, Massachusetts
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Deb Surabian, Donald Parizek, Al Averill, & Rob Tunstead
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluvaquentic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Winooski
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Winooski
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Fluvaquentic Dystrudepts
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2008
  • 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: not reviewed


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: flood-plain step
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for long periods begining in jan
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 77-23
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - swamp
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 26
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    ONSE

    TORA2

    URDI

    VACO

    VIBUR

    Acer rubrum

    Onoclea sensibilis

    Toxicodendron radicans

    Urtica dioica

    Vaccinium corymbosum

    Viburnum

    red maple

    sensitive fern

    eastern poison ivy

    stinging nettle

    highbush blueberry

    viburnum

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    reduced matrix

    0—35

    35—64

    35—144

    64—200

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    3

    6.1

    230

    1197

    MA4711

    MIDDLEBORO

    WETS Station

    A1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; highly organic silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04357; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—12 to 23 centimeters (4.7 to 9.1 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; highly organic silt; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04358; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A3—23 to 35 centimeters (9.1 to 13.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N04359; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—35 to 54 centimeters (13.8 to 21.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular and 5.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent coarse prominent irregular gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent coarse distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04360; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—54 to 64 centimeters (21.3 to 25.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 5 percent medium distinct irregular light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout and 8 percent medium distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04361; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—64 to 104 centimeters (25.2 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silt loam; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent medium faint dendritic gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04362; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—104 to 144 centimeters (40.9 to 56.7 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior silt loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine prominent spherical dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium faint spherical gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium prominent spherical yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N04363; wet, satiated when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg3—144 to 200 centimeters (56.7 to 78.7 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silt loam; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine prominent spherical dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries throughout and 40 percent fine prominent spherical dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 08N04364; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket