IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hooksan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013MA023001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013MA023001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2013MA023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Print Date: 12/7/2025

    • 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: 42.1233611
  • Std. Longitude: -70.6788056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sample site for the resistant minerals project involving Hooksan soils (quartzi vs. udipsamments) at Rexhame Beach in Marshfield, MA. Site located at the back side of the back dune. 15*C at 50cm.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA023—Plymouth
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA023—Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42070-A6—Duxbury, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald Parizek, Glen Stanisewski, Jacob Isleib, Marissa Theve
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hooksan
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/2013
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hooksan
  • Taxonomic Class - Mesic, uncoated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy eolian deposits
  • Landform: dune on dune field
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Ksat Class Upper: very high
  • Ksat Class Lower: very high
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/17/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Donald Parizek, G. Stanisewski, Jacob Isleib, Marissa Theve
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 27
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AMBR

    MOPE6

    PRSE2

    TORA2

    Ammophila breviligulata

    Morella pensylvanica

    Prunus serotina

    Toxicodendron radicans

    American beachgrass

    northern bayberry

    black cherry

    eastern poison ivy

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—12

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    6/17/2013

    50

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    15
    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

    12

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    1.8

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    269

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    CA—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sand; structureless single grain parts to weak fine granular; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; many (5.0) very fine roots throughout and many (5.0) medium roots throughout and many (5.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Weak fine granular stucture visible in place on roots.
    C1—12 to 46 centimeters (4.7 to 18.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout and few (0.5) medium roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—46 to 75 centimeters (18.1 to 29.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout and few (0.5) medium roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C3—75 to 190 centimeters (29.5 to 74.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; few (0.5) very fine roots top of horizon and few (0.5) medium roots top of horizon and few (0.5) fine roots top of horizon; fragments; gradual boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Roots end at 127 centimeters
    C4—190 to 210 centimeters (74.8 to 82.7 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; fragments.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket