IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sutton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2017MA027008
  • User Pedon ID: S2017MA027008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0869
  • User Project ID: HARV_001_NEON
  • Project Name: Harvard Forest
  • Print Date: 4/22/2026

    • 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: 42.4447778
  • Std. Longitude: -72.2262222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Pit;HARV;20170816;HARV_008; Donald Parizek Jacob Isleib Milton Vega Megan McClellan Brendan McClure Jameson Long;5.3;128;40X40 NW;center of pit
  • Map Unit: 927C—Montauk-Scituate-Canton association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA027—Worcester
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA614—Worcester County, Massachusetts, Northwestern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald Parizek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.3b
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sutton
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 35 to 110 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2017
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy melt-out till
  • Landscape: glaciated upland
  • Landform: depression
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent nonflat subangular 250- to 600-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • Plot #: 8
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Site ID - HARV_008
  • DSP Plot ID - NW
  • Plot Baseline Azimuth - 128
  • Plot Baseline Length - 5
  • Plot Width - 40
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Center of pit
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Donald Parizek

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/2017 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Donald Parizek
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oe

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    C

    0

    10

    19

    36

    54

    74

    10

    19

    36

    54

    74

    115

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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

    Oe

    A

    Bw1

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    BC

    C

    0

    10

    19

    36

    54

    74

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    36

    54

    74

    115

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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 %

    Oe

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    C

    0

    10

    19

    36

    54

    74

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    36

    54

    74

    115

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

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    19—54

    36—115

    —35—

    —79—
    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

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    Oe—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); reddish black (2.5YR 2.5/1) moderately decomposed plant material; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 very coarse roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N04247; observed in pit, small
    A—10 to 19 centimeters (3.9 to 7.5 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) highly organic gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 very coarse roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N04248; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—19 to 36 centimeters (7.5 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent fine distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N04249; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—36 to 54 centimeters (14.2 to 21.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent coarse distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N04250; observed in pit, small
    BC—54 to 74 centimeters (21.3 to 29.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very gravelly fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent coarse prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) ironstone nodules throughout and 5 percent coarse faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 20 percent coarse faint brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume flat angular 150-200-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N04251; observed in pit, small
    C—74 to 115 centimeters (29.1 to 45.3 inches); dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) very gravelly sandy loam; massive; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 4 percent coarse prominent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2.5/4), moist, ironstone nodules throughout and 5 percent coarse prominent reddish black (2.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses throughout and 10 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent coarse distinct dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 17N04252; observed in auger, bucket