Plymouth County Soil Survey Update Legend

This legend is for updated soil mapping only, if there are any missing map units, please contact the soil survey office. A legend for converting the 1969 published Soil Survey of Plymouth County, Massachusetts to the updated map unit legend can be found HERE

Note: Slope phases have been left off of the Map Unit number. Can't find the map unit - Click HERE for a complete Legend (2003)

Click HERE for a legend and descriptions of AD-HOC spot symbols

Map
Unit
(Stateleg)
Map Unit Name (click for map unit description)
001
606
607
608
Water
Water, miscellaneous
Water, saline
Water, ocean
005 Saco mucky silt loam
006 Scarboro muck
007 Berryland coarse sand
008 Limerick silt loam
009 Birdsall mucky silt loam
011 Berryland mucky loamy coarse sand
020 Scarboro fine sandy loam, silty subsoil
021 Enosburg sandy loam
023 Tihonet coarse sand
026 Brockton coarse sand
027 Birdsall coarse sand
030 Raynham silt loam
031 Walpole fine sandy loam
032 Wareham loamy sand
037 Massasiot-Mashpee complex
047

048

Brockton sandy loam,

Brockton sandy loam, extremely stony

049 Norwell sandy loam, , extremely stony
051 Swansea muck
052

053

Freetown muck

Freetown mucky peat, ponded

055

060

Freetown coarse sand

Swansea coarse sand

066 Ipswich-Pawcatuck-Matunuck complex
069 Mattapoisett loamy sand, extremely stony
070

071

Ridgebury fine sandy loam

Ridgebury fine sandy loam, extremely stony

073 Whitman mucky fine sandy loam, extremely stony
098 Winooski very fine sandy loam
105

110

111

Rock outcrop - Hollis complex

Canton-Chatfield-Rock outcrop

Chatfield-Rock outcrop-Canton

221 Eldridge sandy loam
223 Scio very fine sandy loam
226 Hinesburg fine sandy loam
227 Wampanucket loamy sand
251 Haven very fine sandy loam
252 Carver coarse sand
253 Hinckley gravelly sandy loam
254 Merrimac sandy loam
255 Windsor loamy sand
256 Deerfield loamy sand
259 Carver loamy coarse sand
260 Sudbury fine sandy loam
261 Tisbury very fine sandy loam
262 Quonset sandy loam
266 Warwick sandy loam
278 Carver-Merrimac complex
300

301

303

304

Montauk fine sandy loam

Montauk fine sandy loam, very stony

Montauk-Barnstable complex

Montauk-Barnstable complex, bouldery

305

306

Paxton fine sandy loam

Paxton fine sandy loam, very stony

309 Moshup loam
310

311

Woodbridge fine sandy loam

Woodbridge fine sandy loam, very stony

315

316

Scituate fine sandy loam

Scituate fine sandy loam, very stony

320

321

Birchwood loamy sand

Birchwood loamy sand, very stony

322

323

Poquonock loamy sand

Poquonock loamy sand, very stony

325

326

Newport loam

Newport loam, very stony

335

336

Rainbow silt loam

Rainbow silt loam, very stony

340

341

Broadbrook loam

Broadbrook loam, very stony

345

346

Pittstown loam

Pittstown loam, very stony

420

421

424

Canton fine sandy loam

Canton fine sandy loam, very stony

Canton fine sandy loam, extremely bouldery

426

427

Newfields sandy loam

Newfields sandy loam, extremely stony

430

431

433

Barnstable sandy loam

Barnstable sandy loam, very stony

Barnstable sandy loam, extremely bouldery

435

436

437

438

Plymouth loamy coarse sand

Plymouth loamy coarse sand, very stony

Plymouth loamy coarse sand, bouldery

Plymouth loamy coarse sand, extremely bouldery

440

443

Gloucester sandy loam

Gloucester sandy loam, extremely bouldery

478

480

481

483

486

Plymouth - Poquonock complex, bouldery

Plymouth - Carver complex

Plymouth - Carver complex, bouldery

Plymouth - Barnstable complex, very bouldery

Plymouth - Barnstable complex

600

601

602

603

605

609

610

611

Pits, gravel

Pits, quarry

Urban land

Urban land, wet substratum

Pits, till

Beaches, bouldery

Beaches

Duneland

612

613

Hooksan sand

Hooksan - Duneland complex

610A

621

622

623

626

627

628

634

635

636

637

639

Deerfield - Urban land complex

Scio - Urban land complex

Paxton - Urban land complex

Woodbridge - Urban land complex

Merrimac - Urban land complex

Newport - Urban land complex

Canton - Urban land complex

Birchwood - Urban land complex

Canton - Urban land -rock outcrop complex

Montauk - Urban land complex

Carver - Urban land complex

Hooksan - Urban land complex

640

641

Urban land, till substratum

Urban land, outwash substratum

652

654

655

656

Udorthents, refuse substratum

Udorthents, loamy

Udorthents, wet substratum

Udorthents, urban land complex

657

658

Aquents

Epiaquents, cultivated

659

660

665

675

700

Udorthents, gravelly, undulating

Udorthents, gravelly rolling

Udipsamments, nearly level

Stockpile (organic & topsoil)

Udipsamments, wet substratum

701

702

703

704

708

Cranberry bed, abandoned, mineral substratum

Udipsamments, rolling

Storm washed gravel

Cranberry bed, abandoned, organic substratum

Tidal flats, level

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