IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Massena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MA003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MA003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMASS
  • Lab Pedon # - 1981MA003001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74612
  • 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: 42.4142389
  • Std. Longitude: -73.3399944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 125 meters WNW of Route 41 and 500 meters south of Pittsfield-Richmond town line (USGS-Pittsfield West quadrangle).
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Endoaquepts
  • 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 - Massena
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/2013
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amenia
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Dystric Eutrochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/9/1981
  • 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: calcareous till
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/9/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

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    69 - 140

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    densic contact

    densic materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—38

    38—69

    38—69

    69—140

    69—140

    69—140

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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

    8

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    358

    358

    250

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    Ap1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80107
    Ap2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) medium roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80108
    Bg—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) medium roots; 1 percent fine distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 18 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA80109
    BCg—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent fine distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # UMA84032
    2Cd—69 to 140 centimeters (27.2 to 55.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 28 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # UMA80111