Pedon Description Report - Scio Series 2322302

Print Date:

02/12/2003

Description Date:

10/08/1991

Describer:

Jim Turenne

Site ID:

MA023-1991-22302-Scio-S

Site Notes:

Pedon ID:

MA023-1991-22302-Scio-P

Pedon Notes:

Lab Source ID:

Lab Pedon #:

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

Pedon Type:

modal pedon for series

Pedon Purpose:

full pedon description

Taxon Kind:

series

Associated Soils:

Eldridge, Enosburg, Raynham, Saco

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:

223B -- Scio very fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes

Quad Name:

Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Location Description:

200 feet North of Summer Street, 200 feet West of Taunton River, 600 feet Northwest of where Woodward Bridge crosses the Taunton River in the town of Bridgewater on the Bridgewater State Farm.

Legal Description:

Latitude:

41 degrees 56 minutes 54.00 seconds north

Longitude:

70 degrees 56 minutes 18.00 seconds west

Datum:

NAD27

UTM Zone:

UTM Easting:

339311 meters

UTM Northing:

4645733 meters

Physiographic Division:

Atlantic Lowland

Physiographic Province:

New England Province

Physiographic Section:

Seaboard lowland section

State Physiographic Area:

Local Physiographic Area:

Bridgewater State Farm

Geomorphic Setting:

toeslope of head slope of

Upslope Shape:

convex

Cross Slope Shape:

convex

Primary Earth Cover:

tree cover

Secondary Earth Cover:

intermixed conifers and hardwoods

Existing Vegetation:

eastern white pine, viburnum

Parent Material:

glaciolacustrine deposits

Bedrock Kind:

Bedrock Depth:

Bedrock Hardness:

Bedrock Fracture Interval:

Surface Fragments:

Particle Size Control Section:

25 to 100 cm.

Diagnostic Features:

ochric epipedon	0 to 25 cm.
cambic horizon	25 to 41 cm.

Restrictions

Top Depth (cm)	Bottom Depth (cm)	Restriction Kind	Restriction Hardness

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	8	0				1197		moderately well

Ap--0 to 25 centimeters; dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent flat subangular 2- to 150-millimeter mixed rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 6, Bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.

Bw--25 to 41 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; few very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 2 percent angular 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, Bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.

Cg1--41 to 109 centimeters; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 15 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 25 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron on horizontal faces of peds; moderately acid, pH 6, Bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary.

Cg2--109 to 183 centimeters; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 15 percent medium faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions throughout and 15 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; slightly acid, pH 6.2, Bromthymol blue.