IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monadnock
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000MA011001
  • User Pedon ID: S2000MA011001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000MA011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0742
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12240
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 42.4741669
  • Std. Longitude: -72.4488907
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2780 feet just W of Montague Road, 4140 feet South/southwest of Interstate between Dudleyville and Montague, West of Town. Town: Leverett.
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA011—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA011—Franklin County, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monadnock
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Dystrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 58T
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BETUL

    FAGUS

    PIPA2

    Betula

    Fagus

    Pinus palustris

    birch

    beech

    longleaf pine

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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

    4

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    329

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    180

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    E—; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Boundary: Dis; <1 and <50% of ped.
    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P04599. root: mot1
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) very fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04600. roots: mot1, c2t3
    Bw1—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04601. roots: cot1, f2
    Bw2—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); 10YR (10YR/), gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04602. roots: cot1, f2
    BC—53 to 73 centimeters (20.9 to 28.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) gravelly coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P04603. roots: cot1
    C—73 to 163 centimeters (28.7 to 64.2 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) gravelly loamy sand; massive; friable; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P04604. roots: fot1 in upper 10 inches; silt caps on top of cobbles.