IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stockbridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960MA003002
  • User Pedon ID: 60MA003002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960MA003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0453
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32981
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 42.4063721
  • Std. Longitude: -73.3217545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Boys Club property, 100 yards west of sharp 90 degree curve in the old Boys Club Road, 400 yards west of Swamp Road, Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, aerial photo DPM-3K-177.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA003—Berkshire
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA003—Berkshire County, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.J. Pedersen, D.D. Bohrer, F.A. Filios, S.J. Zayach, and D.C. Fuller.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Stockbridge
  • PSC - 25 to 61 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 - Stockbridge
  • Classificaton Date - 6/7/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/7/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    HIERA

    TRPR2

    Hieracium

    Trifolium pratense

    hawkweed

    red clover

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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—18

    18—61

    61—

    61—198

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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

    10

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak and moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03385
    Bw1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and 2.5Y 3/ (2.5Y 3/), silty clay loam; weak medium platy parts to weak and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; clay bridges on faces of peds and in pores; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03386. continuous - phpvsfiid 1091853; continuous - phpvsfiid 1091853
    Bw2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) silty clay loam; weak very thick platy parts to weak medium structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) on faces of peds and 10YR (10YR) and clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03387. continuous - phpvsfiid 1091856; continuous - phpvsfiid 1091856
    Bd1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); 2.5Y 3/ (2.5Y 3/), gravelly silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 23 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03388. This horizon was arbitrarily split from the one below for sampling purposes.
    Bd2—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03389. Similar to horizon above from which it was arbitrarily split for sampling except that the prisms are not as prominent.
    Cd1—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly silty clay loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) on faces of peds and dark brown (10YR 3/3) on faces of peds; 2-76-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03390. This horizon was arbitrarily split from the one below for purposes of sampling.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1091857; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1091857
    Cd2—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03391. Similar to horizon above from which it was arbitrarily split for sampling except that the platy structure is somewhat thicker and there is only 10 to 15 percent coarse skeleton of fine channers and fine gravel, mostly of unweathered and weathered limestone 1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter.
    Cd3—163 to 198 centimeters (64.2 to 78.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A03392. Sample taken with an orchard auger.