Print Date:   02/10/2003
Description Date:   10/18/1990
Describer:   Jim Turenne

Site ID:   MA023-1990-25802-Amostown-S
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Pedon ID:   MA023-1990-25802-Amostown-P
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Soil Name as Described/Sampled:   Amostown
Soil Name as Correlated:   Eldridge
Classification:    

Pedon Type:   modal pedon for series
Pedon Purpose:   full pedon description
Taxon Kind:   series
Associated Soils:   Enosburg, Hinckley, Hinesburg, 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:   258A -- Amostown 0 to 3 percent slopes
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Location Description:   150 feet East of Route 105 and 1000 feet South of Long Point Road in the town of Lakeville.
Legal Description:    

Latitude:   41 degrees 48 minutes 20.00 seconds north
Longitude:   70 degrees 55 minutes 2.00 seconds west
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Physiographic Division:   Appalachian Highlands
Physiographic Province:   New England Province
Physiographic Section:   Seaboard lowland section
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Geomorphic Setting:    
             shoulder of side slope of lake plain on outwash plain
Upslope Shape:   linear
Cross Slope Shape:   concave

Primary Earth Cover:   tree cover
Secondary Earth Cover:   conifers
Existing Vegetation:   eastern white pine

Parent Material:   glaciofluvial deposits over glaciolacustrine deposits
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Surface Fragments:    

Particle Size Control Section:   25 to 100 cm.

Diagnostic Features:  
fibric soil materials    0 to 5 cm.
ochric epipedon    0 to 8 cm.
cambic horizon    8 to 46 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)
2 23 90


1197
moderately well


Oi--0 to 5 centimeters; slightly decomposed plant material; common fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout.

A--5 to 8 centimeters; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, Bromcresol green; abrupt broken boundary.

Bw1--8 to 28 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) interior, fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and few very fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 5 percent rounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 5 percent rounded 75- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

Bw2--28 to 46 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 5 percent rounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 10 percent rounded 75- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 5 percent rounded 250- to 600-millimeter mixed rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

2C--46 to 89 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, coarse sand; single grain; loose; 25 percent rounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 10 percent subrounded 75- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 5 percent subrounded 250- to 600-millimeter mixed rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5, Chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.

3Cg1--89 to 119 centimeters; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, very fine sandy loam; massive; friable, moderately hard; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.

3Cg2--119 to 132 centimeters; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, silt loam; weak fine platy structure, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 5 percent medium prominent platy yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries on horizontal faces of peds; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.

3Cg3--132 to 203 centimeters; olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, silt loam; weak fine platy structure, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 5 percent flat angular 2- to 150-millimeter phyllite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red.