IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ipswich
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016MA009001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016MA009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0082
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87768
  • User Project ID: 2016_NWCA_12-TOL_CZSS
  • Project Name: NWCA_2016_12-TOL
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 42.6274389
  • Std. Longitude: -70.6867583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Anisquam River, Goucester, MA.
  • Map Unit: 712A—Ipswich and Westbrook mucky peats, 0 to 2 percent slopes, very frequently flooded
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA009—Essex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42070-E6—Gloucester, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Parizek, J. Isleib, M. Paynbe
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, mesic Typic Sulfihemists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: herbaceous organic material over silty marine deposits
  • Landscape: estuary
  • Landform: salt marsh
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: very frequent flooding for extremely brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: D. Parizek, J. Isleib, M. Payne
  • 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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oise1

    Oise2

    Oise3

    Oese

    Cse

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    55

    80

    136

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    12-TOL

    12-TOL

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oise1

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

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

    fibric soil materials

    aquic conditions

    sulfidic materials

    hemic soil materials

    0—80

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    80—136

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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

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    Oise1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) rubbed peat; massive; firm, nonsticky; nonfluid; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00535; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in macaulay sampler
    Oise2—12 to 55 centimeters (4.7 to 21.7 inches); variegated 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and 40 percent 5Y 3/3 (5Y 3/3) broken face and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed peat; massive; firm, nonsticky; slightly fluid; common very fine roots top of horizon and common fine roots top of horizon; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00536; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in macaulay sampler
    Oise3—55 to 80 centimeters (21.7 to 31.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face and dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) rubbed peat; massive; firm, nonsticky; nonfluid; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00537; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in macaulay sampler
    Oese—80 to 136 centimeters (31.5 to 53.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) rubbed mucky peat; massive; friable, nonsticky; slightly fluid; fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00538; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in macaulay sampler
    Cse—136 to 200 centimeters (53.5 to 78.7 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) rubbed mucky silt loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky; moderately fluid; fragments; strong sulfurous odor; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 17N00539; wet, satiated when described; observed in macaulay sampler