IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Deerfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MA011004
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MA011004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1230
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34839
  • Print Date: 5/11/2024

    • 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: 42.4958115
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6128464
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Whately. Mt. Toby Quad.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA011—Franklin
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA011—Franklin County, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Ferwerda, J. Mott
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Aquic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Deerfield
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Deerfield
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    redox concentrations

    aquic conditions

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    32—140

    59—140

    86—140

    —108—

    —79—

    —54—
    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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    Ap—0 to 27 centimeters (0.0 to 10.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09341
    Bw1—27 to 32 centimeters (10.6 to 12.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium faint mottles; single grain; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09342
    Bw2—32 to 37 centimeters (12.6 to 14.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine sand; 3 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine and medium prominent and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent and 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; single grain; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09343
    BC—37 to 59 centimeters (14.6 to 23.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sand; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent and 21 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) fine and medium prominent mottles; single grain; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09344
    C1—59 to 86 centimeters (23.2 to 33.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) coarse sand; 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium prominent and 3 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium prominent mottles; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09345
    C2—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) fine sand; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; single grain; loose; fine dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) worm nodules and fine black (5Y 2/1) worm nodules; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09346
    C3—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) fine sand; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse prominent and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09347