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USDA - Soil Conservation Service Soil Series: SACO Site Identification #: 90MA023038 Map Unit Symbol: 5 Lab Pedon #: 2300502 Source Lab Id: Soil Survey Area #: 023 MLRA: 144A County Name: Plymouth Soil Survey Area Name: PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS Location Description: 75 feet west of the Nemasket River, 500 feet south of Vaughn Street in the town of Middleboro, MA. Quadrangle Name: Latitude: 41 degrees 52 minutes 21.0 seconds N UTM Zone: UTM Easting: UTM Northing: Photograph #: 49146 Description Category: Full pedon description Pedon Category: Typical pedon for series Slope Characteristics Information Elevation: 55.0 feet Physiography: Water Table Information Moisture Regime: Udic moisture regime Landuse: Wetlands Parent Material: Slightly weathered alluvium from mixed-igneous-metamorphic & sedimentary Described by: T. PERAGALLO Notes: Sunny 50 degrees. This map unit was separated from adjacent Freetown ponded soils by extent of grassy vegetation and proximity to stream. Vegetation species--wool grass, cattail, sawgrass, buttonbush. A-- 0 to 16 inches; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; 5.6 LaMotte-Morgan; gradual wavy boundary. mucky C--16 to 20 inches; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; common medium faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) mottles; massive; friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; 5.8 LaMotte-Morgan; clear smooth boundary. 2Cg1--20 to 30 inches; olive gray (5Y 5/2) sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky and nonplastic; 6.2 LaMotte-Morgan; 15 percent subrounded mixed gravel; clear wavy boundary. 2Cg2--30 to 42 inches; gray (5Y 6/1) loamy sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; 6.2 LaMotte-Morgan; 5 percent subrounded mixed gravel. |
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