USDA - NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE PEDON DESCRIPTION

ENOSBURG SERIES
Print Date: 01/11/2000
Description Date: 11/05/1997
Describer: Jim Turenne
Site ID: 2302103

Site Note: Backhoe pit for Title V Workshop. Area has drainage ditches nearby, not effective for complete drainage. Ponding observed during wet season.

Sampled by UMASS.

Photo taken by PCF.

Emosburg soils formerly mapped Walpole, silty.
Recently cut hayfield.

Vegetation: Timothy-rye, Tussock sedge in pits (wet spots).
Weather: Sunny, 50 degrees F.. Very dry season.

Ponding:
frequency occasional Duration: long

Pedon ID: 2302103
Lab Source ID: UMASS Amherst
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Enosburg
Soil Name as Correlated: Enosburg
Classification: Sandy over loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Mollic Epiaquents
Pedon Type: within range of map unit
Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
Taxon Kind: series

Location Information:
County: Plymouth
State: Massachusetts
MLRA: 144A -- New England And Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
Soil Survey Area: MA023 -- Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Map Unit: 21 -- Enosburg fine sandy loam
Location Description: Bridgewater Quadrangle. Town of Bridgewater; east of Conant Street, east of Prison Sewage Disposal area in hay field.

Latitude: 41 degrees 57 minutes 20.92 seconds north
Longitude: 70 degrees 57 minutes 20.94 seconds west
Datum: NAD27
UTM Zone: 19
UTM Easting: 337904 meters
UTM Northing: 4646506 meters
Geo-referenced with PLGR 96

Physigraphic Division: Atlantic Lowland
Physiographic Province: New England Province
Physiographic Section: Seaboard Lowland Section
State Physiographic Area:
Local Physiographic Area: Glacial Lake Taunton
Geomorphic Setting: glacial lake (relict)
Upslope Shape: convex
Cross Slope Shape: linear
Primary Earth Cover: Grass/herbaceous cover
Secondary Earth Cover: Hayland

Parent Material: sandy outwash derived from granite over loamy glaciolacustrine deposits derived from siltstone

Particle Size Control Section: 9.8 to 39.4 in.

Diagnostic Features: abrupt textural change 27.2 to 27.6 in.

Oe--0.0 to 1.2 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed and very dark grayish brown (10YR3/2), moderately decomposed plant material; weak structure; medium roots throughout and very fine roots throughout; clear smooth boundary.

Ap--1.2 to 15.0 inches; black (10YR 2/1), fine sandy loam, gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; weak medium subangular blocky and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately hard; fine roots throughout and very fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium prominent cylindrical weakly cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron lining pores with sharp boundaries and 3 percent fine prominent cylindrical weakly cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron lining pores with sharp boundaries; 1 percent flat subangular 0.1- to 5.9-inch siltstone fragments and 1 percent subangular 0.1- to 3.0-inch granite fragments; pH 6.3, Bromthymol blue; redoximorphic features are oxidized rhizospheres (pore linings).; abrupt smooth boundary.

Cg--15.0 to 27.2 inches; gray (2.5Y 6/1), stratified loamy sand to sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose; very fine roots throughout; 1 percent subrounded 0.1- to 3.0-inch granite fragments; pH 6.2, Bromthymol blue; stratified texture 3" ls, 3" s, 4" ls, 2" s.; abrupt wavy boundary.

2C1--27.2 to 35.0 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), loam; weak medium subangular blocky and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, hard; very fine roots throughout; 20 percent coarse prominent irregular weakly cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron matrix surrounding redox depletions with clear boundaries and 25 percent coarse prominent irregular weakly cemented gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions matrix with clear boundaries; 1 percent flat subangular 0.1- to 5.9-inch siltstone fragments and 5 percent subangular 0.1- to 3.0-inch granite fragments; pH 6.4, Bromthymol blue; redox depletions and concentrations occur throughout matrix and along dead roots. These redox patterns are depletions along dead roots with concentrations around depletions. Large (very coarse) depletions on some ped faces; clear wavy boundary.

2C2--35.0 to 51.2 inches; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), silt loam; massive parting to massive and massive parting to massive and weak fine platy and weak medium platy; firm, hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fine moderate continuity dendritic tubular and very fine low continuity vesicular pores; discontinuous distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) skeletans On surfaces along root channels; 2 percent medium prominent irregular weakly cemented very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron-manganese masses matrix with clear boundaries and 15 percent coarse prominent irregular weakly cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron matrix surrounding redox depletions with clear boundaries and 20 percent coarse faint irregular weakly cemented gray (2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions matrix with clear boundaries; pH 6.6, Bromthymol blue; no cracks (desssciation) observed in pit. Cracks have been identified in pits nearby.; gradual wavy boundary.

2C3--51.2 to 74.8 inches; gray (2.5Y 5/1), silt loam; massive parting to massive and massive parting to massive and weak fine platy and weak medium platy; firm, hard, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fine moderate continuity dendritic tubular and very fine low continuity vesicular pores; discontinuous distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) skeletans On surfaces along root channels; 5 percent coarse prominent irregular weakly cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron matrix with clear boundaries and 40 percent coarse distinct irregular weakly cemented olive (5Y 5/3) masses of oxidized iron matrix with clear boundaries; pH 6.3, Bromthymol blue; no cracks (dessication) observed in pit. Cracks have been identified in pits nearby.