USDA - Soil Conservation Service
Pedon Narrative Description
DATE Sampled: 03/09/1990

Soil Series: SCARBORO SILTY SUB (Correlated to Birdsall)

Site Identification #: 90MA023007

Map Unit Symbol: 20A

Lab Pedon #: 2302001

Soil Survey Area #: 023 MLRA: 144A

County Name: Plymouth

Soil Survey Area Name: PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

Location Description: Approximately 1200 feet west of route 28 at a point 0.8 miles north of the intersection of rte. 28 and copeland street in the town of Brockton, Ma.

Quadrangle Name: Brockton

Latitude: 42 degrees 2 minutes 38.0 seconds N
Longitude: 71 degrees 0 minutes 51.0 seconds W

UTM Zone: UTM Easting: UTM Northing:

Photograph #: 53229

Description Category: Full pedon description

Pedon Category: Typical pedon for series

Elevation: 65.0 feet

Physiography:
Local: Outwash Plain
Major: Glaciofluvial Landform *

Geomorphic Position: on upper third, toe slope, of a interfluve

Water Table Information
Water Table Depth: 5.0 inches
Water Table Kind: Perched

Moisture Regime: Udic moisture regime

Landuse: Forest land not grazed
Stoniness: 0.00 percent

Permeability: Very slow

Natural Drainage Class: Very poorly drained

Parent Material: Slightly weathered glacial outwash from mixed-igneous-metamorphic & sedimentary.

Described by: PETER C. FLETCHER

Notes: SUNNY MID 50' F. DUE TO UNUSAL pH VALUES, THIS DESCRIPTION IS NOT SUITABLE FOR USE AS A REPRESENTATIVE PROFILE IN THE MANUSCRIPT. VEGETATION SPECIES: RED MAPLE, COTTONWOOD, SPECKLED ALDER, SENSITIVE FERN.

Oi-- 1 to 0 inches; abrupt smooth boundary. Non-decomposed leaves and twigs

Oa-- 0 to 8 inches; black (10YR 2/1) sapric material; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common medium and coarse roots and common very fine and fine; 5.2 LaMotte-Morgan; abrupt wavy boundary.

C1-- 8 to 10 inches; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loamy sand; few fine grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and few fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) mottles; massive; very friable; common very fine roots; 5.6 LaMotte-Morgan; clear wavy boundary. oxidized rhizohpheres

C2--10 to 24 inches; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; few fine and medium light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and common fine and medium light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) mottles; massive; friable; common very fine roots; 5.8 LaMotte-Morgan; 5 percent subrounded mixed gravel; clear wavy boundary. oxidized rhizopheres

C3--24 to 32 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy very fine sand; few fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; massive; friable; 5.8 LaMotte-Morgan; clear wavy boundary.

C4--32 to 51 inches; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; few fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; massive; friable; 5.8 LaMotte-Morgan; abrupt wavy boundary.

2C--51 to 65 inches; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; few fine and medium light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) mottles; massive; friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; 5.8 LaMotte-Morgan.