USDA - Soil Conservation Service
Pedon Narrative Description
DATE Sampled: 04/02/1991

Soil Series: CARVER

Map Unit Name: Carver loamy coarse sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes

Component Name: Carver

Site Identification #: 91MA023090

Map Unit Symbol: 259B Note ID: Yield ID:

Laboratory Information

Lab Pedon #: 2325903 Source Lab Id:

Location Information

Soil Survey Area #: 023 MLRA: 149B

County FIPS Code:

County Name: Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Soil Survey Area Name: Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Location Description: 65 feet south of Haynes Road, .6 of a mile from the end of Charge Pond Road in the town of Carver.

Quadrangle Name:

Latitude: 41 degrees 48 minutes 13.0 seconds N

Longitude: 70 degrees 40 minutes 50.0 seconds W

UTM Zone: UTM Easting: UTM Northing:

Photograph #: 49182A

Description Category: Full pedon description

Pedon Category: Typical pedon for series

Slope Characteristics Information
Slope: 4 percent
Aspect: 90 degrees
Horizontal Shape: Concave

Elevation: 95.0 feet

Physiography:
Local: Outwash Plain
Major: Glaciofluvial Landform *

Classification: ____ , ____ , ____ , ____ , ____ ____

Landuse: Forest land not grazed
Stoniness: 0.00 percent
Permeability: Very rapid

Natural Drainage Class: ED

Parent Material: Slightly weathered glacial outwash from mixed-igneous-metamorphic & sedimentary

Vegetative Information
Plant Name: Scrub Oak, Pitch Pine

Described by: Bill Taylor

Oi-- 1 to 0 inches; fibric material; abrupt smooth boundary.

A-- 0 to 1 inches; black (10YR 2/1) loamy coarse sand; weak medium granular structure; friable; common very fine and fine roots throughout; 4.6 LaMotte-Morgan; abrupt smooth boundary.

E-- 1 to 3 inches; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse sand; single grain; loose; common very fine and fine roots throughout and common medium throughout; 5.0 LaMotte-Morgan; abrupt smooth boundary.

Bw1-- 3 to 17 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy coarse sand; massive; very friable; common very fine and fine roots throughout and common medium throughout; 5.2 LaMotte-Morgan; 2 percent rounded mixed gravel; clear smooth boundary.

Bw2--17 to 31 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse sand; single grain; loose; common very fine roots throughout and common fine and medium throughout; 5.4 LaMotte-Morgan; 5 percent rounded mixed gravel; clear smooth boundary.

Bw3--31 to 46 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 5.4 LaMotte-Morgan; 2 percent rounded mixed gravel; clear smooth boundary.

C--46 to 72 inches; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 5.6 LaMotte-Morgan; 2 percent rounded mixed gravel.