IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stockbridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MA003002
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MA003002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980MA003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1980MA003002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74596
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 42.4102389
  • Std. Longitude: -73.3215222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: USGS-Pittsfield West quadrangle; Land use: Idle field boardered by white pine, maple, and black birch.; Parent material: firm calcareous till with coarse fragments of limestone and talc schist.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA003—Berkshire
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA003—Berkshire County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42073-D3—Pittsfield West, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • 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 - Stockbridge
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/23/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stockbridge
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Dystric Eutrochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/1980
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous till
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/1980 (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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bw

    BC

    C

    0

    18

    43

    53

    18

    43

    53

    137

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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

    Bw

    BC

    C

    0

    18

    43

    53

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    43

    53

    137

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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

    C

    0

    18

    43

    53

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    53

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACER

    BETUL

    PIST

    Acer

    Betula

    Pinus strobus

    maple

    birch

    eastern white pine

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—18

    18—43

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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

    10

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    360

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; many (5.0) very fine roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 9 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80103
    Bw—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots and common (3.0) fine roots; silt coats on all faces of peds and 15 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method and 12 percent by volume nonflat weakly coherent cemented 25-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80104. 10% 25-75mm parafragments; patchy - phpvsfiid 1276288; continuous - phpvsfiid 1276292; patchy - phpvsfiid 1276288; continuous - phpvsfiid 1276292
    BC—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silt loam; fine angular blocky, and moderate thin platy, and moderate medium platy structure; firm; few (0.5) fine roots; silt coats on all faces of peds and 15 percent clay films; 7 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80105. patchy - phpvsfiid 1276289; continuous - phpvsfiid 1276293; patchy - phpvsfiid 1276289; continuous - phpvsfiid 1276293
    C—53 to 137 centimeters (20.9 to 53.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior and olive gray (5Y 5/2) exterior silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; firm; very few (0.1) fine roots; silt coats on all faces of peds and 38 percent clay films; 7 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA80106. patchy - phpvsfiid 1276290; continuous - phpvsfiid 1276291; patchy - phpvsfiid 1276290; continuous - phpvsfiid 1276291