IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Montauk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MA009003
  • User Pedon ID: 1973MA009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0505
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33033
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 42.6638603
  • Std. Longitude: -71.2125168
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Andover, 3 8/10 miles west of Andover Village, 100 yards north of junction of High Plain Road and Cross Ave.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA009—Essex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. J. Zayach and D. C. Fuller.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Montauk
  • PSC - 25 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Montauk
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: louderback
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

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    74 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

    0—8

    8—56

    74—

    74—152

    —8—

    —48—

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    —78—
    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

    4

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) highly decomposed plant material; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky; 21.0 fine roots; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03775. Discontinuous in less than half of the pedon.
    E—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky; 21.0 fine roots; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03776
    Bw1—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky; 21.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A03777
    Bw2—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky; 21.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03778
    Bw3—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03779
    E—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky; fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03780
    Cd1—74 to 109 centimeters (29.1 to 42.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), dry; gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; very firm, nonsticky; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03781. Discontinuous occupies more than one half of the pedon.
    Cd2—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; very gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; very firm, nonsticky; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A03782