Print Date:   03/17/2003
Description Date:   04/30/2001
Describer:   Jim Turenne

Site ID:   MA023-2001-11102-Chatfield-S
Site Notes:    
Pedon ID:   MA023-2001-11102-Chatfield-P
Pedon Notes:    
Lab Source ID:    
Lab Pedon #:    

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:   Chatfield
Soil Name as Correlated:    
Classification:    

Pedon Type:   typical pedon for series
Pedon Purpose:   full pedon description
Taxon Kind:   series
Associated Soils:   Canton, Charlton, Hollis

Location Information
Country:    
State:   Massachusetts
County:   PLYMOUTH
MLRA:   144A -- New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
Soil Survey Area:   MA023 -- Plymouth County, Massachusetts
            Map Unit:   111C -- Chatfield-Rock Outcrop-Canton, rolling
Quad Name:   Assawompset Pond, Massachusetts

Location Description:   USGS Assawompset Pond quadrangle in the town of Lakeville 750 meters North of Howland Road and county line intersection, 730 meters West of Route 140.
Legal Description:    

Latitude:   41 degrees 47 minutes 31.60 seconds north
Longitude:   70 degrees 58 minutes 10.60 seconds west
Datum:   NAD83
UTM Zone:   19
UTM Easting:   336347 meters
UTM Northing:   4628571 meters

Physiographic Division:   Appalachian Highlands
Physiographic Province:   New England Province
Physiographic Section:   Seaboard lowland section
State Physiographic Area:    
Local Physiographic Area:   Rocky Woods

Geomorphic Setting:    
             shoulder of side slope of ledge on upland
Upslope Shape:   concave
Cross Slope Shape:   linear

Primary Earth Cover:   tree cover
Secondary Earth Cover:   conifers
Existing Vegetation:   eastern white pine

Parent Material:   eolian deposits over till
Bedrock Kind:   granodiorite
Bedrock Depth:   69 cm.
Bedrock Hardness:    
Bedrock Fracture Interval:    

Surface Fragments:    

Particle Size Control Section:   25 to 69 cm.

Diagnostic Features:  
fibric soil materials    0 to 3 cm.
hemic soil materials    0 to 3 cm.
ochric epipedon    0 to 5 cm.
cambic horizon    5 to 46 cm.


Restrictions

Top Depth (cm) Bottom Depth (cm) Restriction Kind Restriction Hardness
69
bedrock (densic)  


Slope (%) Elevation (meters) Aspect (deg) MAAT (C) MSAT (C) MWAT (C) MAP (mm) Frost Free Days Drainage Class Slope Length (meters) Upslope Length (meters)
3 29 220


1197
well


Oe--0 to 3 centimeters; reddish black (2.5YR 2/1), moderately decomposed plant material; abrupt smooth boundary.

A--3 to 4 centimeters; black (10YR 2/1) interior, sandy loam; massive; very friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 1 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter granodiorite fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.

E--4 to 5 centimeters; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, sandy loam; massive; very friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 1 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter granodiorite fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.

Bs--5 to 10 centimeters; brown (10YR 5/3) interior, sandy loam; massive; very friable; few coarse roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 1 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter granodiorite fragments.

Bw1--10 to 23 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior, fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few medium roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 1 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter granodiorite fragments.

Bw2--23 to 46 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 1 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter granodiorite fragments.

BC--46 to 69 centimeters; olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) interior, loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 1 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter granodiorite fragments and 5 percent subangular 2- to 76-millimeter granodiorite fragments.

R--69 centimeters; , granodiorite bedrock.