IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Windsor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MA011003
  • User Pedon ID: 1970MA011003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1229
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34838
  • Print Date: 5/9/2024

    • 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: 42.4611111
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6119444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Whately. Mt. Toby Quad.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA011—Franklin
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA011—Franklin County, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Ferwerda, J. Mott
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Windsor
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Windsor
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/6/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—37

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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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    Ap1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sand; single grain; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09334
    Ap2—25 to 37 centimeters (9.8 to 14.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sand; single grain; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09335
    Bw1—37 to 45 centimeters (14.6 to 17.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) sand; single grain; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A09336
    Bw2—45 to 59 centimeters (17.7 to 23.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09337
    Bw3—59 to 79 centimeters (23.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09338
    C1—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09339
    C2—104 to 157 centimeters (40.9 to 61.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09340