USDA - Soil Conservation Service
Pedon Narrative Description
DATE Sampled: 07/15/1991

Soil Series: SWANSEA

Site Identification #: 91MA023088

Map Unit Symbol: 51

Lab Pedon #: 2305101

Soil Survey Area #: 023 MLRA: 149B

County FIPS Code:

County Name: Plymouth

Soil Survey Area Name: PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

Location Description: Approximately 135 feet west of un-named dirt road at a point 2,200 feet south of Fearing Hill Road in the town of Wareham. Un-named road is located approximately 600 feet east of the intersection of Fearing Hill Road and County Road.

Quadrangle Name:

Latitude: 41 degrees 45 minutes 39.0 seconds N

Longitude: 70 degrees 46 minutes 29.0 seconds W

UTM Zone: UTM Easting: UTM Northing:

Description Category: Full pedon description

Pedon Category: Typical pedon for series

Slope Characteristics Information
Slope: 0 percent
Aspect:
Horizontal Shape: Plane

Elevation: 35.0 feet

Physiography:
Local: Outwash Plain
Major: Glaciofluvial Landform *

Water Table Information
Water Table Depth: 11.0 inches
Water Table Kind: Apparent

Moisture Regime: Udic moisture regime

Landuse: Forest land not grazed
Stoniness: 0.00 percent

Natural Drainage Class: Very poorly drained

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

Described by: P.C. Fletcher

Notes: Weather - partly sunny, 80 degrees F.; vegetation species: White Pine, Red Maple Sweet Pepper Bush, High Bush Blueberry, Skunk Cabbage, Sphagnum Moss

Oi-- 1 to 0 inches; fibric material; abrupt wavy boundary. nondecomposed leaves, pine needles, and twigs

Oe-- 0 to 3.5 inches; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), crushed, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), pyrophosphate extract, partially decomposed organic matter; massive; very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common medium and coarse roots and common very fine and fine; 65.0 percent fiber unrubbed; 30.0 percent fiber rubbed; 3.8 Bromcresol green; 3.5 pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt wavy boundary.

Oa1-- 3 to 13 inches; very dark gray (5YR 3/1) and black (N 2/0), crushed, and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), pyrophosphate extract, sapric material; massive; friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine and fine roots and common medium and coarse; 40.0 percent fiber unrubbed; 15.0 percent fiber rubbed; 4.2 Bromcresol green; 3.8 pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; clear wavy boundary.

Oa2--13 to 24 inches; black (N 2/0) and black (N 2/0), crushed, and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), pyrophosphate extract, sapric material; massive; friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine roots; 10.0 percent fiber unrubbed; 2.0 percent fiber rubbed; 4.6 Bromcresol green; 4.5 pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt wavy boundary. appear to be young roots - possibly this year's growth prompted by seasonally low water tables

C1--24 to 55 inches; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) coarse sand; few fine and medium faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) mottles; single grain; loose; 5.2 Chlorophenol red; 2 percent subangular mixed gravel; abrupt smooth boundary. thin transition horizon between Oa2 and C1 horizons - color 10YR 3/1 - texture cos

C2--55 to 60 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 5.2 Chlorophenol red; 40 percent subangular mixed gravel.