Print Date: 8/9/02 Description Date:
6/26/96 Describer: Meredith Ashworth and Rob
Tunstead
Site ID: 2322705
Site Note:
Pedon ID: 2322705 Lab Pedon #:
Lab Source ID:
Soil Name as Described/Sampled:
Wapanucket Soil Name as Correlated:
Classification:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic
Dystrudepts
Pedon Type: within range of
series Pedon Purpose: full pedon description Taxon Kind:
series
Location Information
County:
Plymouth
State:
Massachusetts
MLRA:
149B -- Long Island-cape Cod Coastal Lowland
Soil Survey Area:
MA023 -- Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Map Unit:
227B -- Wapanucket loamy sand, 3 to 8 %
Location Description:
West of the Pine Hills and Manomet Hill. East of Eel River. North of
Howland Pond. At corner of intersection of Clifford and Doten roads in
town of Plymouth.
ochric epipedon 0 to 24 cm. cambic horizon 24 to 59
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)
6
12
225
9
20
-2
1234
well
Ap--0 to 24 cm; dark brown (10YR 3/3), sandy loam; weak subangular blocky
structure; very friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots
throughout; 1 percent subrounded 2 to 75 millimeter mixed rock fragments;
moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary.
Bw--24 to 59 cm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), sandy loam; weak subangular
blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine
roots throughout; 2 percent subrounded 2 to 75 millimeter mixed rock fragments;
strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt wavy boundary.
C--59 to 94 cm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), gravelly loamy coarse sand;
single grain; loose; few very fine roots around fragments and few fine roots
around fragments; 20 percent subrounded 2 to 75 millimeter mixed rock fragments
and 2 percent subrounded 75 to 250 millimeter mixed rock fragments; very
strongly acid, pH 5; abrupt wavy boundary.
2C1--94 to 161 cm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), silt loam; massive; firm; 1
percent fine distinct cylindrical light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron
depletions throughout and 1 percent medium distinct cylindrical light yellowish
brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions throughout and 2 percent fine prominent
cylindrical yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron
throughout and 2 percent medium prominent cylindrical yellowish brown (10YR
5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent subrounded 2 to 75
millimeter mixed rock fragments and 1 percent subangular 75 to 250 millimeter
mixed rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5; abrupt wavy boundary.
2C2--161 to 180 cm; brown (10YR 4/3), sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent
fine distinct irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, manganese masses
throughout and 1 percent medium distinct irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/3),
moist, manganese masses throughout and 2 percent fine prominent irregular olive
yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 2 percent
medium prominent irregular olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized
iron throughout and 2 percent fine prominent irregular pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3),
moist, iron depletions throughout and 2 percent medium prominent irregular pale
yellow (2.5Y 7/3), moist, iron depletions throughout; 2 percent rounded 2 to 75
millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt wavy
boundary.
2C3--180 to 196 cm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), silt loam; massive; firm; 3
percent fine prominent irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses
of oxidized iron throughout and 3 percent medium prominent irregular dark
yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 4
percent fine faint irregular light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron
depletions throughout and 4 percent medium faint irregular light yellowish brown
(2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions throughout; very strongly acid, pH
5.
