Soil Survey of Dukes County Massachusetts
Available in Digital Format
Visit the Soil Data Mart to Download Digital Soil Data for Dukes County and Generate Reports(Issued September 1986)
Authors: Peter C. Fletcher and Rino J. Roffinoli
Status:
Published report,
DIGITIZED SURVEY. Contact 508-295-5151 x 2 to order this soil survey |
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 |
Published |
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 |