IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scio
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MA023009
  • User Pedon ID: S1991MA023009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0796
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63834
  • Print Date: 5/13/2024
  • 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: 41.8356577
  • Std. Longitude: -70.9433741
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Assawompset pond Quad, town of Lakeville, 75 feet N of Highland Rd 75 feet W of Rt 105/18
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA023—Plymouth
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Turenne, Larry Brown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Scio
  • PSC - 29 to 104 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Scio
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed Aquic Dystrochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty lacustrine deposits derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    hemic soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    aquic conditions

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—4

    0—28

    28—60

    41—185

    41—185

    41—79

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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

    1

    17

    270

    Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) moderately decomposed plant material; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4662. common fine and medium roots; common very fine roots
    Ap1—4 to 10 centimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4663. common fine and medium roots
    Ap2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4664. few very fine and fine roots
    Bw1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4665. few fine and medium roots
    Bw2—41 to 60 centimeters (16.1 to 23.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4666. Depth to low Chroma Mottles; few very fine roots; common medium and coarse distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; common medium and coarse prominent 10YR61 mottles
    BC—60 to 79 centimeters (23.6 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent coarse prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, and 30 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist,; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4667. few fine roots; many coarse prominent 10YR62 mottles; many coarse prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    Cg1—79 to 95 centimeters (31.1 to 37.4 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; firm; 30 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4668. Few Very Fine dead roots; many coarse prominent 10YR56 mottles
    Cg2—95 to 160 centimeters (37.4 to 63.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 30 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4669. many coarse prominent 5YR46 mottles
    Cg3—160 to 185 centimeters (63.0 to 72.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt; massive; firm; 30 percent coarse prominent ; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 91P4670. 190 cm lense of loamy sand (10YR 2/2) possible MnO (PH 5.4); many coarse prominent 7.5YR56 mottles