Carver 2325905 Pedon Description Report

Print Date:

06/04/2003

Description Date:

06/03/2003

Describer:

Jim Turenne & Rob Tunstead

Site ID:

MA023-2003-25905-Carver-S

Site Notes:

Pedon ID:

MA023-2003-25905-Carver-P

Pedon Notes:

Lab Source ID:

Lab Pedon #:

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:	Carver
Soil Name as Correlated:
Classification:	Mesic, coated Spodic Quartzipsamments

Pedon Type:

within range of series

Pedon Purpose:

full pedon description

Taxon Kind:

series

Associated Soils:

Deerfield, Hinckley, Merrimac, 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:

259A -- Carver loamy coarse sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes

Quad Name:

Duxbury, Massachusetts

Location Description:

70 meters North of the intersection of Autumn Avenue and Route 53 and 230 meters West of Chandler Street in Tarkiln Village in town of Duxbury.

Legal Description:

Latitude:

42 degrees 2 minutes 9.90 seconds north

Longitude:

70 degrees 44 minutes 27.90 seconds west

Datum:

NAD83

UTM Zone:

UTM Easting:

355886 meters

UTM Northing:

4655252 meters

Physiographic Division:

Appalachian Highlands

Physiographic Province:

New England Province

Physiographic Section:

Seaboard lowland section

State Physiographic Area:

Local Physiographic Area:

Tarkiln

Geomorphic Setting:

summit of interfluve of outwash plain
summit of interfluve of upland

Upslope Shape:

linear

Cross Slope Shape:

linear

Primary Earth Cover:

tree cover

Secondary Earth Cover:

intermixed conifers and hardwoods

Plant Association Name:

Existing Vegetation:

black cherry, black oak, eastern white pine, sassafras

Parent Material:

eolian sands over glaciofluvial deposits

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 6 cm.
ochric epipedon	0 to 8 cm.
spodic horizon	8 to 29 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	34	270				1273		excessively

Oe--0 to 6 centimeters; dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.

A--6 to 9 centimeters; 95 percent black (10YR 2/1) interior and 5 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; 1 percent subrounded 2- to 76-millimeter mixed rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5, Chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.

Bhs--9 to 13 centimeters; 90 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) interior and 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; 2 percent subrounded 2- to 76-millimeter mixed rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5, Chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.

Bs--13 to 29 centimeters; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 5 percent subrounded 2- to 76-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

Bw--29 to 46 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 10 percent subrounded 2- to 76-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

BC--46 to 68 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 10 percent subrounded 2- to 76-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 1 percent subrounded 76- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

2C1--68 to 123 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) exterior, gravelly sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 15 percent subrounded 2- to 76-millimeter mixed rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

2C2--123 centimeters; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) exterior, very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout; 35 percent subrounded 2- to 76-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 5 percent subrounded 76- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red.