IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Paxton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MA005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1973MA005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0507
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33035
  • 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: 42.0585278
  • Std. Longitude: -71.1438194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Easton, 200 feet west of Allen St. and .5 mile north of intersection of Allen and Rockland Streets.
  • Map Unit: 306B—Paxton fine sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S.J. Zayach and R.J. Roffinoli
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Paxton
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Paxton
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy lodgment till
  • Landscape: drumlin field
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/27/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    2BC

    2Cd1

    2Cd2

    0

    8

    23

    38

    76

    102

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    3.7

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    2BC

    2Cd1

    2Cd2

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    8

    23

    38

    76

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    2BC

    2Cd1

    2Cd2

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    8

    23

    38

    76

    102

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    76 - 142

    - 66 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    densic contact

    densic materials

    aquic conditions

    0—8

    8—38

    38—142

    76—

    76—142

    76—142

    —8—

    —30—

    —104—

    —-

    —66—

    —66—
    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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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 9 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03789
    Bw1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 17 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03790
    Bw2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03791
    2BC—38 to 76 centimeters (15.0 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 29 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03792
    2Cd1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) sandy loam; massive; friable; 14 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03793
    2Cd2—102 to 142 centimeters (40.2 to 55.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) gravelly sandy loam; massive; firm; 23 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A03794