IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977MA005005
  • User Pedon ID: S1977MA005005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977MA005005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4187
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40377
  • 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: 41.6166458
  • Std. Longitude: -71.0775223
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Westport. 200 feet west of Route 88, 0.4 mile south of Old County Road.
  • Map Unit: 73A—Whitman 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, nonacid, mesic, shallow Typic 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 #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitman
  • PSC - 25 to 41 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/19/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitman
  • 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 - 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

    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

    5

    34

    312

    Oe—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); mucky peat; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31961. Layer of loose leaves over matted and partially decomposed organic matter.
    Oa—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); black (N 2/0) extremely stony muck; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31962
    Bg—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) gravelly silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 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 # 40A31963
    Cdg1—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; very firm; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31964
    Cdg2—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) gravelly fine sandy loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium prominent mottles; massive; very firm; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31965
    Cdg3—107 to 143 centimeters (42.1 to 56.3 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) gravelly sandy loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 21 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium prominent mottles; massive; extremely firm*; 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31966
    Cd4—143 to 173 centimeters (56.3 to 68.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium prominent mottles; 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31967
    2C—173 to 206 centimeters (68.1 to 81.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) gravelly sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A31968