Pedon Description Report

Mashpee Soil Monitoring Well Site

Print Date:

08/02/2004

Description Date:

07/26/2004

Describer:

Rob Tunstead, Melissa Hayden

Site ID:

MA023-2004-03705-Mashpee-S

Site Notes:

Click for Photo of this pedon | Click here for Water table Data (well Ware02)

Pedon ID:

MA023-2004-03705-Mashpee-P

Pedon Notes:

Lab Source ID:

Lab Pedon #:

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:	Mashpee
Soil Name as Correlated:
Classification:	Coarse-loamy, isotic, mesic Typic Endoaquods

Pedon Type:

typical pedon for series

Pedon Purpose:

full pedon description

Taxon Kind:

series

Associated Soils:

Berryland, Deerfield, Freetown, Massasoit, Windsor

Location Information

Country:

United States

State:

Massachusetts

County:

PLYMOUTH

MLRA:

149B -- Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland

Quad Name:

Marion

Location Description:

USGS Marion quadrangle, Town of Wareham, 1380 ft due West of Squirrel Island Rd, 573 ft due North of Cohackett Brook.

Legal Description:

Latitude:

41 degrees 44 minutes 57.40 seconds north

Longitude:

70 degrees 46 minutes 20.90 seconds west

Datum:

NAD83

UTM Zone:

UTM Easting:

352637 meters

UTM Northing:

4623466 meters

Physiographic Division:

Appalachian Highlands

Physiographic Province:

New England Province

Physiographic Section:

Seaboard lowland section

State Physiographic Area:

Local Physiographic Area:

Geomorphic Setting:

micro-low on toeslope of base slope of outwash plain
micro-low on toeslope of base slope of outwash plain

Upslope Shape:

linear

Cross Slope Shape:

linear

Primary Earth Cover:

tree cover

Secondary Earth Cover:

intermixed conifers and hardwoods

Plant Association Name:

Existing Vegetation:

American holly, coastal sweetpepperbush, greenbrier, highbush blueberry, pitch pine, rare clubmoss, red maple

Parent Material:

outwash

Particle Size Control Section:

25 to 100 cm.

Diagnostic Features:

ochric epipedon	13 to 19 cm.
albic horizon	19 to 28 cm.
spodic horizon	28 to 43 cm.
aquic conditions	43 cm.

Slope (%)	Elevation (meters)	Aspect (deg)	MAAT (C)	MSAT (C)	MWAT (C)	MAP (mm)	Frost Free Days	Drainage Class	Slope Length (meters)	Upslope Length (meters)
1	6	140						poorly

Oe1--0 to 5 centimeters; very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2); low excavation difficulty; clear smooth boundary.

Oe2--5 to 10 centimeters; black (7.5YR 2.5/1); low excavation difficulty; clear smooth boundary.

Oa--10 to 13 centimeters; black (10YR 2/1), highly decomposed plant material; low excavation difficulty; dendritic masses of oxidized iron lining pores; abrupt wavy boundary.

AE--13 to 19 centimeters; 75 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 25 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1), loamy sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; common very fine to medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; dendritic masses of oxidized iron lining pores; 1 percent nonflat subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

Eg--19 to 28 centimeters; light gray (10YR 7/1), loamy sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; common very fine to medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 25 percent coarse and very coarse distinct irregular dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of dark accumulation with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent nonflat subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

Bh1--28 to 34 centimeters; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; low excavation difficulty; common very fine to medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; common very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 15 percent fine distinct threadlike extremely weakly cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, manganese coatings with clear boundaries lining pores; 3 percent nonflat subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

Bh2--34 to 43 centimeters; dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; low excavation difficulty; few very fine to medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; few very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 15 percent fine faint threadlike extremely weakly cemented manganese coatings with clear boundaries lining pores; 10 percent nonflat subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red; clear broken boundary.

Bs--43 to 60 centimeters; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), loamy very fine sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; low excavation difficulty; few very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine and medium prominent irregular extremely weakly cemented dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2.5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 8 percent medium and coarse prominent irregular light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, reduced matrix with clear boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium and coarse distinct irregular yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent nonflat subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

Cg1--60 to 99 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), very fine sand; massive; very friable; low excavation difficulty; few very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium and coarse prominent spherical moderately cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese nodules with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium and coarse prominent spherical moderately cemented dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese nodules with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent nonflat subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

Cg2--99 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), fine sand; massive; very friable; low excavation difficulty; 5 percent medium and coarse prominent platy extremely weakly cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese nodules with diffuse boundaries throughout and 2 percent medium and coarse prominent platy extremely weakly cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese nodules with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent nonflat subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, Chlorophenol red.