Hinckley 2325307

Print Date:

12/05/2002

Description Date:

11/05/2002

Describer:

Rob Tunstead

Site ID:

2325307

Site Notes:

Pedon ID:

2325307

Pedon Notes:

Lab Source ID:

Lab Pedon #:

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:	Hinckley
Soil Name as Correlated:
Classification:	Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Udorthents

Pedon Type:

map unit inclusion

Pedon Purpose:

full pedon description

Taxon Kind:

series

Associated Soils:

Deerfield, Gloucester, Merrimac, Windsor

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:

289B -- Hinckley gravelly sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, bouldery

Quad Name:

Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Location Description:

360 meters East of Route 18, 475 meters North of Winter Street, and 460 meters West of Conant Street in the town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Legal Description:

Latitude:

41 degrees 58 minutes 28.60 seconds north

Longitude:

70 degrees 58 minutes 13.20 seconds west

Datum:

NAD83

UTM Zone:

UTM Easting:

336744 meters

UTM Northing:

4648832 meters

Physiographic Division:

Appalachian Highlands

Physiographic Province:

New England Province

Physiographic Section:

Seaboard lowland section

State Physiographic Area:

Local Physiographic Area:

Bridgewater

Geomorphic Setting:

backslope of interfluve of kame terrace on upland

Upslope Shape:

convex

Cross Slope Shape:

linear

Primary Earth Cover:

tree cover

Secondary Earth Cover:

intermixed conifers and hardwoods

Existing Vegetation:

American beech, eastern white pine, speckled alder

Parent Material:

sandy and gravelly supraglacial meltout till

Bedrock Kind:

Bedrock Depth:

Bedrock Hardness:

Bedrock Fracture Interval:

Surface Fragments:

Particle Size Control Section:

25 to 100 cm.

Diagnostic Features:

hemic soil materials	0 to 5 cm.
ochric epipedon	0 to 8 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	20	80				1197		excessively

Oe--0 to 5 centimeters; dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) rubbed, moderately decomposed plant material; low excavation difficulty; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout and many very coarse roots throughout; clear wavy boundary.

A--5 to 8 centimeters; black (10YR 2/1) interior, loamy coarse sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; 10 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter granite fragments and 3 percent subrounded 75- to 250-millimeter granite fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.

Bw--8 to 47 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; 25 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent subrounded 75- to 250-millimeter granite fragments; clear wavy boundary.

C1--47 to 85 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; high excavation difficulty; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; 2 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries around rock fragments; 30 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter granite fragments and 20 percent subrounded 75- to 250-millimeter granite fragments and 3 percent subrounded 250- to 600-millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

C2--85 to 120 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very high excavation difficulty; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 35 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter granite fragments and 20 percent subrounded 75- to 250-millimeter granite fragments and 5 percent subrounded 250- to 600-millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red.