IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stockbridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960MA003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960MA003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0452
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32980
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 42.3860931
  • Std. Longitude: -73.3781509
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Donald Miller farm, 200 yards east of West Road, 1/2 mile south of Mass., Route 295, Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, aerial photo DPM 3K-51.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA003—Berkshire
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Eutrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Stockbridge
  • PSC - 10 to 22 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stockbridge
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03378
    B1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly silt loam, gravelly silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03379. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195235; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195235
    B21—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds; 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03380. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195236; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195236
    B22x—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); gravelly silty clay; weak thick platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; olive (5Y 4/3) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) on faces of peds and clay films in root channels and/or pores; 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03381. This horizon was arbitrarily split from the one below for the purposes of sampling.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195241; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195241
    B23x—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly silty clay; weak medium platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds and in pores and gray (5Y 5/1) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4); 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03382
    B31x—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly silty clay; massive; firm; dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03383. Earthworm dens (filled with what appears to be surface soil) and earthworms are present; 20 percent coarse skeleton of gravel 2-12 mm. in diameter and some flaggy fragments; water at 60".; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183673; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183673
    B32x—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly silty clay; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A03384. Sample taken with an orchard auger.