IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WINDSOR
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MA005003
  • User Pedon ID: 73MA005003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0509
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33037
  • 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: 41.9213722
  • Std. Longitude: -71.0311722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Raynham, southeast of intersection of King St. and Route 24. Highest point in field.
  • Map Unit: 255B—Windsor loamy sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA005—Bristol
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA602—Bristol County, Massachusetts, Northern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41071-H1—Taunton, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. J. Zayach and R. J. Roffinoli
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • 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 - 6/28/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/1973 (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—25

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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

    4

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    15

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03801. Less than 5 percent coarse fragments.
    Bw1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03802. Less than 5 percent coarse fragments
    Bw2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; single grain; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03803. Less than 5 percent coarse fragments.
    Bw3—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loamy sand; single grain; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03804. Less than 5 percent coarse fragments.
    2C1—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03805
    2C2—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03806
    3C—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A03807