Print Date:   02/14/2003
Description Date:   10/21/1985
Describer:   P.C. Fletcher, W.H. Taylor, and K.R. Bernard

Site ID:   MA023-1985-25407-Merrimac-S
Site Notes:    
Pedon ID:   MA023-1985-25407-Merrimac-P
Pedon Notes:    
Lab Source ID:    
Lab Pedon #:    

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:   Agawam
Soil Name as Correlated:   Merrimac
Classification:   Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts

Pedon Type:   typical pedon for series
Pedon Purpose:   research site
Taxon Kind:   series
Associated Soils:   Carver, Deerfield, Haven, Hinckley, Sudbury, 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:   254A -- Merrimac sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Quad Name:   Snipatuit Pond, Massachusetts

Location Description:   Just Southeast of Snows Pond in the town of Rochester on Snipatuit Pond USGS quadrangle.
Legal Description:    

Latitude:   41 degrees 45 minutes 23.00 seconds north
Longitude:   70 degrees 50 minutes 54.00 seconds west
Datum:   NAD83
UTM Zone:   19
UTM Easting:   346411 meters
UTM Northing:   4624389 meters

Physiographic Division:   Atlantic Lowland
Physiographic Province:   New England Province
Physiographic Section:   Seaboard lowland section
State Physiographic Area:    
Local Physiographic Area:   Rochester

Geomorphic Setting:    
             toeslope of side slope of outwash plain on outwash plain
Upslope Shape:   linear
Cross Slope Shape:   linear

Primary Earth Cover:   tree cover
Secondary Earth Cover:   intermixed conifers and hardwoods
Existing Vegetation:   black oak, eastern white pine, red maple

Parent Material:   eolian deposits over glaciofluvial deposits
Bedrock Kind:    
Bedrock Depth:    
Bedrock Hardness:    
Bedrock Fracture Interval:    

Surface Fragments:    

Particle Size Control Section:   25 to 100 cm.

Diagnostic Features:  
fibric soil materials    0 to 3 cm.
ochric epipedon    0 to 34 cm.
hemic soil materials    3 to 7 cm.
sapric soil materials    7 to 8 cm.
cambic horizon    34 to 88 cm.
abrupt textural change    88 to 88 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)
1 23 180 9 20 -2 1225
somewhat excessively


Oi--0 to 3 centimeters; slightly decomposed plant material; abrupt wavy boundary.

Oe--3 to 7 centimeters; very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) interior, moderately decomposed plant material; very friable; common fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; extremely acid, pH 3.8, LaMotte-Morgan; abrupt wavy boundary.

Oa--7 to 8 centimeters; black (5YR 2/1) interior, highly decomposed plant material; very friable; many very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; extremely acid, pH 3.8, LaMotte-Morgan; abrupt wavy boundary.

Ap--8 to 34 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) interior, fine sandy loam; massive; friable; common fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; 5 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 1 percent subrounded 75- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, LaMotte-Morgan; clear wavy boundary.

Bw1--34 to 57 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, fine sandy loam; massive; friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; 5 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 1 percent subrounded 75- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, LaMotte-Morgan; gradual wavy boundary.

Bw2--57 to 88 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, fine sandy loam; massive; friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; 5 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 1 percent subrounded 75- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, LaMotte-Morgan; clear wavy boundary.

2C--88 to 153 centimeters; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots top of horizon and few fine roots top of horizon and few medium roots top of horizon; 50 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 5 percent subrounded 75- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, LaMotte-Morgan.