IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boxford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MA009005
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MA009005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978MA009005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0111
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50351
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 42.6550941
  • Std. Longitude: -70.7933817
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Essex County, Massachusetts, Town of Essex, 450 yards northeast of the junction of John Wise Road and Choate Road. Pinpointed on soil survey field sheet 2280-144 at coordinates 4.65X and 5.4Y and on Ipswich, Mass. USGS topographic quadrangle at 42 39' 16" north latitude and 70 47' 40" west longitude.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA009—Essex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, subactive, mesic Aquic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boxford
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boxford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Aquic Dystric Eutrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciomarine deposits
  • Landscape: undulating upland
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    SOLID

    Solidago

    goldenrod

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

    ochric epipedon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    redox concentrations

    0—25

    25—107

    46—107

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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

    3

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    7

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromcresol purple; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bw1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00558
    Bw2—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent thin brown (10YR 5/3) carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine black (5YR 2/1) manganese coatings; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary.
    Bw3—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 75 percent thin brown (10YR 5/3) carbonate coats; 30 percent fine and medium very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) manganese coatings; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol purple; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00559
    C—107 to 165 centimeters (42.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate thick platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 75 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromcresol purple.