Print Date: 8/13/02
Description Date: 10/15/96
Describer: Jim Turenne
Site ID: 2325306
| Site Note: |
Pedon ID: 2325306
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Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Hinckley
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| Classification: | Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Udorthents |
Pedon Type: modal pedon for map unit
Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
Taxon Kind: series
Location Information
| County: | Plymouth |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| MLRA: | 144A -- New England And Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part |
| Soil Survey Area: | MA023 -- Plymouth County, Massachusetts |
| Map Unit: | 253B -- Hinckley gravelly sandy loam, 3 to 8 % |
| Location Description: | Southeast of Middleboro and Nemasket River and adjacent to 495. |
| Legal Description: |
Latitude: 41 degrees 52 minutes 23 seconds north
Longitude: 70 degrees 53 minutes 47 seconds west
Datum: NAD83
UTM Zone: 19
UTM Easting: 342627 meters
UTM Northing: 4637446 meters
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| Local Physiographic Area: | Middleborough |
| Geomorphic Setting: | upland outwash plain |
Upslope Shape:
Cross Slope Shape:
Primary Earth Cover: tree cover
Secondary Earth Cover: conifers
| Parent Material: | glaciofluvial deposits |
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| Surface Fragments: |
Particle Size Control Section: 25 to 100 cm.
| Diagnostic Features: | fibric soil materials 0 to 3 cm. ochric epipedon 0 to 11 cm. hemic soil materials 3 to 6 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 29 | 1197 | excessively |
Oi--0 to 3 cm; slightly decomposed plant material; abrupt smooth boundary.
Oe1--3 to 5 cm; very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moderately decomposed plant material; common very fine roots and common fine roots and common medium roots; abrupt smooth boundary.
Oe2--5 to 6 cm; black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moderately decomposed plant material; common very fine roots and common fine roots and few medium roots; abrupt smooth boundary.
A--6 to 11 cm; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine roots and common fine roots and few medium roots; abrupt smooth boundary.
Bs--11 to 18 cm; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine roots and few fine roots and few medium roots; clear wavy boundary.
Bw--18 to 38 cm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), gravelly loamy sand; massive; very friable; common very fine roots and common fine roots and common medium roots and few coarse roots; 15 percent 2 to 75 millimeter mixed rock fragments; clear wavy boundary.
C1--38 to 74 cm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots and few fine roots; 10 percent nonflat rounded 2 to 75 millimeter mixed rock fragments and 10 percent flat 2 to 150 millimeter mixed rock fragments; clear wavy boundary.
C2--74 to 183 cm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), sand; single grain; 5 percent nonflat rounded 2 to 75 millimeter mixed rock fragments.
