USDA - Soil Conservation Service
Pedon Narrative Description
DATE Sampled: 02/01/1990

Soil Series: BIRCHWOOD

Site Identification #: 90MA023020

Map Unit Symbol: 320A Note ID: Yield ID:

Lab Pedon #: 2332001 Source Lab Id:

Location Information

Soil Survey Area #: 023 MLRA: 144A

County Name: Plymouth

Soil Survey Area Name: PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

Location Description: APPROX. 900' NORTHEAST OF SUMMER ST. (CULTIVATED FIELD) AT A POINT 0.4 MILES N. OF THE INTERSECTION OF SUMMER ST. AND TITICUT ST. IN THE TOWN OF BRIDGEWATER, MA.

Quadrangle Name: Bridgewater

Latitude: 41 degrees 57 minutes 21.0 seconds N
Longitude: 70 degrees 56 minutes 27.0 seconds W

UTM Zone: UTM Easting: UTM Northing:

Photograph #: 49143

Description Category: Full pedon description

Pedon Category: Typical pedon for series

Slope Characteristics Information

Slope: 2 percent
Aspect: 90 degrees
Horizontal Shape: Convex
Total Slope Length: 410.0 feet
Slope Length Above Site: 10.0 feet

Elevation: 45.0 feet

Physiography:
Local: Ground Moraine
Major: Glaciated Upland *

Microrelief:
Kind: land leveled or smooth

Water Table Information
Water Table Depth: 19.0 inches
Water Table Kind: Perched

Moisture Regime: Udic moisture regime

Landuse: Cropland
Stoniness: 0.00 percent

Natural Drainage Class: Moderately well drained

Parent Material: Slightly weathered lacustrine sands from mixed-igneous-metamorphic & sedimentary over Slightly weathered glacial till from mixed-igneous-metamorphic & sedimentary.

Described by: PETER C. FLETCHER

Notes: WEATHER-SUNNY, 40'S F. THIS PROFILE DESCRIPTION IS ADEQUATE FOR OBTAINING INFO. ABOUT RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE SERIES. IF USED IN MANUSCRIPT, IT SHOULD BE DESCRIBED DURING A DRIER SEASON. NO VEGETATION PROSENT-BARRON CULTIVATED FIELD.

Ap-- 0 to 9 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; massive; friable; 6.8 LaMotte-Morgan; 1 percent subangular mixed stones and 1 percent subrounded mixed cobbles and 2 percent subrounded mixed gravel; abrupt smooth boundary. no live roots-cultivated field, no cover crop

Bw-- 9 to 16 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; massive; friable; 6.6 LaMotte-Morgan; 2 percent subangular mixed stones and 2 percent subrounded mixed cobbles and 5 percent subrounded mixed gravel; clear wavy boundary. no live roots-cultivated field, no cover crop

Bw2--16 to 24 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy coarse sand; few fine faint brown (10YR 5/3) and common fine and medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; massive; very friable; 6.4 LaMotte-Morgan; and10 percent subrounded mixed gravel and 2 percent subangular mixed stones and 2 percent subrounded mixed cobbles; clear wavy boundary. no live roots-cultivated field, no cover crop

BC--24 to 28 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) coarse sand and fine sandy loam; common fine and medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; single grain and weak medium and coarse platy; loose; 6.4 LaMotte-Morgan; 2 percent subangular mixed stones and 2 percent subrounded mixed cobbles and 5 percent subrounded mixed gravel; abrupt wavy boundary. pockets of fine textured firm (FSL) 2.5Y 5/2 material within the B/C horizon; no live roots-cultivated field, no cover crop

2Cd--28 to 48 inches; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; common fine and medium prominent (5YR 4/8) mottles; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; very firm; 5.8 LaMotte-Morgan; 10 percent angular mixed gravel and 2 percent angular mixed stones and 5 percent angular mixed cobbles. brittle; no live roots-cultivated field, no cover crop; majority of the coarse fragments are dark colored, channers