IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Paxton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MA011001
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MA011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1979MA011001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74587
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 42.6304972
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6613694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximate location: Sampling site is located 75 m (250 ft) E of Peckville Road and 450 m (1500 ft) S of the intersection of Peckville Road with Colrain-Greenfield Road (USGS-Colrain quadrangle); Parent Material: Glacial till derived from schists and impure limestones; Land Use: Hay field and orchard;
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA011—Franklin
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA011—Franklin County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42072-F6—Colrain, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Oxyaquic Udorthents
  • 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 - Paxton
  • PSC - 25 to 62 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/24/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelburne
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1979
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till derived from limestone and/or lodgment till derived from schist
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bw

    BC

    Cd

    0

    22

    40

    62

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    40

    62

    86

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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

    Ap

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    62

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    62

    86

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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 %

    Ap

    Bw

    BC

    Cd

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    40

    62

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    86

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

    densic material

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    62 - 86

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

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    densic materials

    densic contact

    0—22

    22—86

    62—86

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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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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; moderate granular structure; friable; many (5.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07943
    Bw—22 to 40 centimeters (8.7 to 15.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; common (3.0) fine roots; 10 percent medium faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07944. actual horizon color is 2.5Y 4/5, but NASIS does not allow for this entry. ; common medium krotovinas
    BC—40 to 62 centimeters (15.7 to 24.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; common (3.0) fine roots; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium faint olive (5Y 5/3), moist, iron depletions; 7 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA07945
    Cd—62 to 86 centimeters (24.4 to 33.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) fine sandy loam; moderate medium lenticular structure; firm; 10 percent medium distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese masses; 9 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA07946. silt caps and clayey deposits along stones and pores