Soil Survey of Dukes County Massachusetts

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(Issued September 1986)
Authors: Peter C. Fletcher and Rino J. Roffinoli

Dukes Soil Survey

Status: Published report, DIGITIZED SURVEY.
Publication Scale: Order 2 mapping at 1:20,000 scale with minimum delineations 6-8 acres.
Base Map Imagery: Unrectified Black and White Aerial Photography flown in 1975 and 1976.

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Note: the published (alpha) legend are the map unit symbols used in the published survey, the State-wide (numeric) legend are the map units used for the digital soil maps. Click on the published map unit symbol to read the description.

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State
Legend

Published
Legend

Map Unit Name

Prime
Farmland
Class
Hydric
Soil
610 Be Beaches Not Rated Yes*
11A BeA Berryland loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes Not Rated Yes
460C CaC Canton-Montauk-Plymouth complex, rolling Not Rated  
461C CcC Canton-Montauk-Plymouth complex, rolling, extremely bouldery Not Rated  
259A CeA Carver loamy coarse sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes Not Rated  
259B CeB Carver loamy coarse sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes Not Rated  
259C CeC Carver loamy coarse sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes Not Rated  
259D CeD Carver loamy coarse sand, 15 to 25 percent slopes Not Rated  
180B ChB Chilmark sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes Prime  
180C ChC Chilmark sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes State/Local Imp.  
181B CsB Chilmark sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony State/Local Imp.  
181D CsC Chilmark sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony Not Rated  
181D CsD Chilmark sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very stony Not Rated  
264A EcA Eastchop loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes State/Local Imp.  
264B EcB Eastchop loamy sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes State/Local Imp.  
264C EcC Eastchop loamy sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes State/Local Imp.  
264D EcD Eastchop loamy sand, 15 to 35 percent slopes Not Rated  
285B EdB Eastchop loamy sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony State/Local Imp.  
285C EdC Eastchop loamy sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony Not Rated  
285D EdD Eastchop loamy sand, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony Not Rated  
455C EmC Eastchop-Montauk complex, rolling State/Local Imp.  
456C EnC Eastchop-Montauk complex, rolling, very bouldery Not Rated  
54A FsA Freetown and Swansea mucks, 0 to 1 percent slopes Not Rated Yes
251A HaA Haven very fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes Prime  
251B HaB Haven very fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes Prime  
287A KaA Katama sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes Prime  
297A KeA Klej loamy coarse sand, sandy substratum, 0 to 5 percent slopes State/Local Imp.  
308A MoA Moshup loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes State/Local Imp.  
308B MoB Moshup loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes State/Local Imp.  
309B MsB Moshup loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony Not Rated  
380B NaB Nantucket sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes Prime  
380C NaC Nantucket sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes State/Local Imp.  
382B NnB Nantucket sandy loam. 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony State/Local Imp.  
382C NnC Nantucket sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony State/Local Imp.  
497C NpC Nantucket-Plymouth complex, rolling Not Rated  
498B NsB Nantucket-Plymouth complex, undulating, very stony Not Rated  
498C NsC Nantucket-Plymouth complex, rolling, very stony Not Rated  
498D NsD Nantucket-Plymouth complex, hilly, very stony Not Rated  
64A PaA Pawcatuck and Matunuck mucky peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes Not Rated Yes
600 Pg Pits, sand and gravel Not Rated  
474C PnC Plymouth-Canton-Nantucket complex, rolling, very bouldery Not Rated  
475C PtC Plymouth-Montauk complex, rolling, extremely bouldery Not Rated  
475D PtD Plymouth-Montauk complex, hilly, extremely bouldery Not Rated  
476D PwD Plymouth-Nantucket complex, hilly extremely bouldery Not Rated  
408A PyA Pompton sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes State/Local Imp.  
87A RgA Ridgebury Variant fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes Not Rated Yes
88A RsA Ridgebury Variant fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, very stony Not Rated Yes
288A RvA Riverhead sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes Prime  
288B RvB Riverhead sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes Prime  
288C RvC Riverhead sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes State/Local Imp.  
261A TaA Tisbury very fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes Prime  
702 UaC Udipsamments, rolling Not Rated  
602 Ur Urbanland Not Rated  
82A WhA Whitman Variant silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes Not Rated Yes
84A WmA Whitman Variant silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, very stony Not Rated Yes
699   Soil Not Surveyed Not Rated  
608   Water, Ocean Not Rated  
607   Water, Saline Not Rated  
1 W Water Not Rated  

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