IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Montauk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: MA011-2002-002-S
  • User Pedon ID: S2002MA011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15479
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 50 feet west of main gravel road at a point 1.12 miles south of Lighthouse Hill
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA011—Franklin
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA011—Franklin County, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Al Averill, Shawn Finn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Montauk
  • PSC - 25 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Montauk
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, subactive, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - second edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    96 - 152

    - 56 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    densic contact

    densic materials

    0—18

    18—69

    69—152

    96—

    96—152

    —18—

    —51—

    —83—

    —-

    —56—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    8/20/2002

    8/20/2002

    25

    50

    —

    —

    18

    18
    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

    2

    —

    —

    220

    —

    290

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter granite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Ap—7 to 18 centimeters (2.8 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter granite fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter granite fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bw1—18 to 34 centimeters (7.1 to 13.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bw2—34 to 55 centimeters (13.4 to 21.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) broken face fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; nonflat subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bw3—55 to 69 centimeters (21.7 to 27.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    C—69 to 96 centimeters (27.2 to 37.8 inches); 99 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face fine sandy loam; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent coarse faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; nonflat subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Cd—96 to 152 centimeters (37.8 to 59.8 inches); 98 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face loamy sand; firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter granite fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry