IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Haven
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MA015005
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MA015005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979MA015005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1979MA015005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74588
  • 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: 42.3088111
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5879722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximate location: Joseph Allen Skinner Park. From intersection of Hockanum Road (Rte. 47) and River Road- 1 km NE on Hockanum Road 68 m S (USGS-Mt. Holyoke quadrangle).
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA015—Hampshire
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA609—Hampshire County, Massachusetts, Central Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42072-C5—Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Haven
  • PSC - 28 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/3/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Haven
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1979
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1979 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    sapric soil materials

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—14

    0—3

    14—30

    64—117

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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

    12

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    71

    71

    0

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) highly decomposed plant material; structureless massive; many (5.0) fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07991
    A—3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07992
    Ap—7 to 14 centimeters (2.8 to 5.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak coarse granular, and moderate coarse granular structure; friable; few (0.5) 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 # UMA07993
    Bw1—14 to 30 centimeters (5.5 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07994
    Bw2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 0 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07995
    BC1—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy coarse sand; structureless massive; friable; few (0.5) fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # UMA07996
    2BC2—64 to 72 centimeters (25.2 to 28.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; few (0.5) fine roots; 23 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # UMA07997
    2C—72 to 117 centimeters (28.3 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; very fine roots; 50 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA07998