IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977MA005004
  • User Pedon ID: S1977MA005004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977MA005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4186
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40376
  • 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: 41.6185913
  • Std. Longitude: -71.1119690
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Westport. 500 feet west of Sodom Road, 1/2 mile north of intersection with Charlotte White Road.
  • Map Unit: 71A—Ridgebury fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, extremely stony
  • Country: US—United States
  • 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: MA603—Bristol County, Massachusetts, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. J. Roffinoli
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, acid, mesic, shallow Histic Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitman
  • PSC - 0 to 33 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/9/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ridgebury
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/25/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    QUAL

    Quercus alba

    white oak

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

    fibric soil materials

    histic epipedon

    sapric soil materials

    cambic horizon

    densic materials

    0—13

    0—33

    13—33

    33—49

    49—196

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    —33—

    —20—

    —16—

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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

    1

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    70

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    237

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    Oi—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); peat; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31954. Not sampled. Loose leaves and twigs over matted organic material.
    Oa—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); black (N 2/0) muck; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31955
    Bg—33 to 49 centimeters (13.0 to 19.3 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; massive; friable; 21.0 roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31956
    Cdg1—49 to 69 centimeters (19.3 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior silt loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent and 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coarse prominent mottles; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 0.5 roots and 3.0 roots top of horizon; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31957
    Cdg2—69 to 104 centimeters (27.2 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior silt loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coarse prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 0.5 roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31958
    Cdg3—104 to 148 centimeters (40.9 to 58.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior silt loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coarse prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31959
    Cd—148 to 196 centimeters (58.3 to 77.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint mottles; massive; firm; 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A31960