USDA - NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE PEDON DESCRIPTION

Print Date: 12/17/2002
Description Date: 10/27/1995
Describer: ROBBIE TUNSTEAD, MEREDITH SLATER

Site ID: MA023-1995-000-S
Site Note:
NASIS Pedon ID: MA023-1995-000-P
COUNTY ID: 2306905

Pedon Note:
Lab Source ID: Lab Pedon #: 96P0097
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: MATTAPOISETT
Soil Name as Correlated:
Classification:
Pedon Type: typical pedon for series Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
Taxon Kind: series
Associated Soils:

Location Information:
Country: USA
State: Massachusetts
County: Plymouth County
MLRA: 144A -- New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
Soil Survey Area: 023 Plymouth
Map Unit: 69A
Quad Name: Marion
Location Description: CENTRAL NW CORNER (QUARTER) OF QUAD, N OF PERRYHILL ROAD, E OF VAUGHN HILL ROAD, (NE OF INTERSECTION).

Legal Description:
Latitude: 41 degrees 43 minutes 38.00 seconds north
Longitude: 40 degrees 50 minutes 10.00 seconds west
Datum: NAD 83
UTM Zone:19
UTM Easting: 346993 meters
UTM Northing: 4621118 meters

Physiographic Division: Appalachian highlands:
Physiographic Province: New England
Physiographic Section: Seaboard lowland
State Physiographic Area:
Local Physiographic Area:
Geomorphic Setting: on interfluve of swamp
on interfluve of upland
on interfluve of mound
Upslope Shape: concave Cross Slope Shape: concave

Primary Earth Cover: Wetlands
Secondary Earth Cover:
Plant Association Name:
Existing Vegetation: Highbush blueberry, pin oak, red maple

Parent Material: Sandy ablation over dense till.
Bedrock Kind:
Bedrock Depth:
Bedrock Hardness:
Bedrock Fracture Interval:
Surface Fragments: 0.0 percent
Particle Size Control Section:
Diagnostic Features: spodic horizon 23 to 99 cm.

Slope: 2%
Elevation: 50 feet
Aspect:
Drainage: PD

PROFILE DESCRIPTION:

Oi--0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); peat.

Oe--7 to 9 centimeters (2.8 to 3.5 inches); partially decomposed organic matter.

A--0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) oxidized mucky* sandy loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) mottles; -- Error in Exists On --; very friable; common fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; A = 5% UNCOATED MINERAL GRAINS; abrupt wavy boundary.

E--6 to 23 centimeters (2.4 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) oxidized loamy sand; 5 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) mottles; massive; friable; common fine roots throughout; 2 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter quartzite fragments; E = ORGANIC STREAKING 10YR 4/2 15% COARSE; clear irregular boundary.

Bh--23 to 32 centimeters (9.1 to 12.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) oxidized sandy loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; NODULES IN Bh, Bhs, 2.5YR 4/6, 7.5YR 5/8; clear wavy boundary.

Bhs--32 to 38 centimeters (12.6 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) oxidized loamy sand; 5 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine roots throughout; 3 percent subangular 250-to 600-millimeter mixed igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock fragments; 3 percent percent ironstone nodules (volume percent); NODULES IN Bh, Bhs 2.5YR 4/6, 7.5YR 5/8; clear wavy boundary.

Bs1--38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) oxidized loamy sand; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 15 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) mottles; massive; friable; 3 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter mixed igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock fragments; SOME CEMENTATION IN Bs1 = ORSTEIN 10%;clear wavy boundary.

Bs2--64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) oxidized loamy coarse sand; 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent subangular 600-millimeter mixed igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock fragments and 5 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter mixed igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock fragments; Bs2 = COARSE SAND = C STRATIFIED SANDS = GLACIAL FLUVIDEP.; abrupt wavy boundary.

2Cd1--99 centimeters (39.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) oxidized sandy loam; 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; massive; firm; 5 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter mixed igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock fragments.