IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sudbury
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MA009018
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MA009018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978MA009018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1978MA009018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74577
  • 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: 42.6688917
  • Std. Longitude: -70.9001611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sudbury (Taxadjunct). Willowdale Forest; 945 m (1050 yards) NNE of Topsfield Road and Gravelly Brook junction. (USGS-Georgetown quadrangle)
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA009—Essex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA606—Essex County, Massachusetts, Southern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42070-F8—Georgetown, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.1B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sudbury
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sudbury
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Aquic Dystrochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/1978
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1978 (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
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oe

    A

    Bhs

    Bs

    2BC1

    2BC2

    3C1

    3C2

    0

    5

    13

    25

    46

    63

    74

    104

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    46

    63

    74

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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

    Oe

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    Bs

    2BC1

    2BC2

    3C1

    3C2

    0

    5

    13

    25

    46

    63

    74

    104

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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 %

    Oe

    A

    Bhs

    Bs

    2BC1

    2BC2

    3C1

    3C2

    0

    5

    13

    25

    46

    63

    74

    104

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    46

    63

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

    ochric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    spodic materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    aquic conditions

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    redox concentrations

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—13

    13—25

    13—25

    46—74

    46—157

    46—157

    46—104

    74—157

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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

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; structureless massive; fragments. Lab sample # UMA07904. partially decomposed leaf litter of white pine and red oak
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); black (N 2/), mucky loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07905
    Bhs—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA84025
    Bs—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA84026
    2BC1—46 to 63 centimeters (18.1 to 24.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loamy sand; structureless massive; friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 13 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 13 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA84027
    2BC2—63 to 74 centimeters (24.8 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 1 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 53 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA84028
    3C1—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loamy fine sand; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA84029
    3C2—104 to 157 centimeters (40.9 to 61.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA84030