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USDA - Soil Conservation Service Soil Series: WOODBRIDGE Map Unit Name: Woodbridge fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes Site Identification #: 93MA023002 Map Unit Symbol: 310B Note ID: Yield ID: Laboratory Information Lab Pedon #: 2331005 Source Lab Id: Location Information Soil Survey Area #: 023 MLRA: 144A County FIPS Code: County Name: Plymouth County, Massachusetts Soil Survey Area Name: Plymouth County, Massachusetts Location Description: Bridgewater Quad, town of Bridgewater, Mass., correctional institution, 300' east of sewage disposal area, 75' east of Connant St., 1700' N. of prison access road from Rt. 18. Quadrangle Name: Bridgewater Quad Latitude: 41 degrees 57 minutes 19.0 seconds N UTM Zone: UTM Easting: UTM Northing: Photograph #: 49143C Description Category: Full pedon description Pedon Category: Modal pedon for map unit Slope Characteristics Information Elevation: 40.0 feet Physiography: Geographically Associated Soils: BIRCHWOOD, PAXTON, RAYNHAM, POQUONOCK Geomorphic Position: in a depression, foot slope, of a nose slope Classification: ____ , ____ , ____ , ____ , ____ ____ Landuse: Cropland Permeability: Moderate Natural Drainage Class: MWD Parent Material: weathered glacial till from mixed-igneous-metamorphic & sedimentary Vegetative Information Described by: Jim Turenne Notes: Weather - overcast/cool, description taken from backhoe pit excavation to 5' for a workshop; description from N. pit wall, pedon width was 60". Largest rock size is 14" angular stone x rock size = 3-6" cobble up to 5% channers.
Ap-- 0 to 11 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; common very fine roots; 5.4 Chlorophenol red; 5 percent angular gravel and 2 percent angular channers; abrupt smooth boundary. Bw1--11 to 17 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; weak massive; very friable; common very fine roots and common fine; 5.4 Chlorophenol red; 5 percent subangular gravel and 1 percent angular channers; clear wavy boundary. Bw2--17 to 23 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy loam; weak massive; very friable; common very fine roots; 5.4 Chlorophenol red; 5 percent subangular gravel; clear wavy boundary. BC--23 to 33 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loamy sand and sandy loam; few medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and common medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; weak massive; loose; common very fine roots; 5.4 Chlorophenol red; 7 percent subangular gravel and 1 percent subangular cobbles; clear wavy boundary. Pockets of SL in BC Cd1--33 to 40 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) sandy loam; common medium and coarse distinct brown (10YR 4/3), common coarse prominent gray (5Y 5/1), and common medium and coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; weak fine and medium platy structure; very firm; common fine moderate continuity vesicular pores; 5.4 Chlorophenol red; prominent patchy light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) skeletans on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; few fine and medium rounded soft masses of iron-manganese; 7 percent subangular gravel and 4 percent subangular cobbles; gradual wavy boundary. ( 6 to 13 inches; 9 inches)Hi chroma mottles locate4d around low chroma mottles; silt coatings on top of coarse fragments; felmn concentration 5YR 2.5/1 Cd2--40 to 65 inches; olive (5Y 5/3) fine sandy loam; few medium and coarse distinct light gray (5Y 7/1) and common fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) mottles; weak fine and medium platy structure; very firm; common fine vesicular pores; 5.4 Chlorophenol red; prominent patchy olive (5Y 5/3) skeletans on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; common fine and medium rounded soft masses of iron-manganese; 7 percent subangular gravel and 4 percent subangular cobbles and 1 percent subangular stones. Hi chroma mottles located around low chroma mottles; silt coatings on top of coarse fragments; Cd2 increase in clay content borderline loam; large areas of felmn concentrations on ped faces surrounding rock fragments. |
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