Deerfield 2325604

Print Date:

12/05/2002

Description Date:

11/05/2002

Describer:

Rob Tunstead

Site ID:

2325604

Site Notes:

Pedon ID:

2325604

Pedon Notes:

Lab Source ID:

Lab Pedon #:

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:	Deerfield
Soil Name as Correlated:
Classification:	Mixed, mesic, uncoated Aquic Udipsamments

Pedon Type:

modal pedon for map unit

Pedon Purpose:

full pedon description

Taxon Kind:

series

Associated Soils:

Berryland, Mashpee, Massasoit, Merrimac, Scarboro, Sudbury, Wareham, 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:

256A -- Deerfield loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes

Quad Name:

Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Location Description:

430 meters West of Route 18, 100 meters South of Flagg Street, and 230 meters West of Conant Street in the town of Bridgewater.

Legal Description:

Latitude:

41 degrees 57 minutes 58.80 seconds north

Longitude:

70 degrees 58 minutes 2.40 seconds west

Datum:

NAD83

UTM Zone:

UTM Easting:

336984 meters

UTM Northing:

4647912 meters

Physiographic Division:

Appalachian Highlands

Physiographic Province:

New England Province

Physiographic Section:

Seaboard lowland section

State Physiographic Area:

Local Physiographic Area:

Geomorphic Setting:

summit of interfluve of outwash plain on upland

Upslope Shape:

convex

Cross Slope Shape:

convex

Primary Earth Cover:

tree cover

Secondary Earth Cover:

intermixed conifers and hardwoods

Existing Vegetation:

American beech, clubmoss, eastern white pine, oak, red maple

Parent Material:

sandy eolian sands over sandy 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 28 cm.
hemic soil materials	3 to 8 cm.
sapric soil materials	8 to 10 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	17	250				1197		moderately well

Oi--0 to 3 centimeters; slightly decomposed plant material; low excavation difficulty; clear wavy boundary.

Oe--3 to 8 centimeters; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) rubbed, moderately decomposed plant material; low excavation difficulty; many very fine roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout; clear wavy boundary.

Oa--8 to 10 centimeters; black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, highly decomposed plant material; low excavation difficulty; many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; , Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

Ap--10 to 28 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, loamy fine sand; weak medium 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; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary.

Bw1--28 to 46 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure, and weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; 5 percent rounded 2- to 75-millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.

Bw2--46 to 82 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; 2 percent medium faint irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 2 percent medium distinct irregular light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent rounded 2- to 75-millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

C1--82 to 110 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; few fine roots throughout and few very fine roots throughout; 12 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 8 percent medium faint irregular light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 2 percent rounded 2- to 75-millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.

C2--110 to 156 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; few very fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 10 percent medium distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent rounded 2- to 75-millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.

C3--156 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 1 percent rounded 2- to 75-millimeter granite fragments.