Print Date:   02/12/2003
Description Date:   10/08/1991
Describer:   Jim Turenne

Site ID:   MA023-1991-32003-Birchwood-S
Site Notes:    
Pedon ID:   MA023-1991-32003-Birchwood-P
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Soil Name as Described/Sampled:   Birchwood
Soil Name as Correlated:    
Classification:    

Pedon Type:   modal pedon for series
Pedon Purpose:   full pedon description
Taxon Kind:   series
Associated Soils:   Brockton, Mattapoisett, Montauk, Poquonock, Scituate

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:   320B -- Birchwood loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Quad Name:   Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Location Description:   200 feet North of Titicut Street, 200 feet West of Summer Street, 200 feet Northwest of intersection of Titicut and Summer Street in the town of Bridgewater on the State Farm on Bridgewater quadrangle.
Legal Description:    

Latitude:   41 degrees 56 minutes 54.00 seconds north
Longitude:   70 degrees 56 minutes 27.00 seconds west
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Physiographic Division:   Atlantic Lowland
Physiographic Province:   New England Province
Physiographic Section:   Seaboard lowland section
State Physiographic Area:    
Local Physiographic Area:   Bridgewater State Farm

Geomorphic Setting:    
             shoulder of side slope of drumlin on drumlin field
Upslope Shape:   convex
Cross Slope Shape:   convex

Primary Earth Cover:   crop cover
Secondary Earth Cover:   hayland
Existing Vegetation:    

Parent Material:   sandy glaciolacustrine deposits and/or coarse-loamy basal till
Bedrock Kind:    
Bedrock Depth:    
Bedrock Hardness:    
Bedrock Fracture Interval:    

Surface Fragments:    

Particle Size Control Section:   25 to 97 cm.

Diagnostic Features:  
ochric epipedon    0 to 30 cm.
cambic horizon    30 to 97 cm.
densic contact    97 cm.


Restrictions

Top Depth (cm) Bottom Depth (cm) Restriction Kind Restriction Hardness
97
densic material  


Slope (%) Elevation (meters) Aspect (deg) MAAT (C) MSAT (C) MWAT (C) MAP (mm) Frost Free Days Drainage Class Slope Length (meters) Upslope Length (meters)
5 12 0


1197
moderately well


Ap--0 to 30 centimeters; dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; few medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and few very fine roots throughout; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.

Bw1--30 to 64 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, loamy sand; massive; very friable; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; moderately acid, pH 5.8, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

Bw2--64 to 97 centimeters; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, loamy sand sand; massive; very friable; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron depletions throughout and 10 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron depletions throughout and 10 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, iron depletions throughout and 10 percent coarse distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, iron depletions throughout and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent 600- to 1000-millimeter mixed rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary.

2Cd1--97 to 152 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, sandy loam; massive; firm; 10 percent medium faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 10 percent subangular 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 5 percent subangular 75- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

2Cd2--152 to 183 centimeters; olive (5Y 5/3) interior, fine sandy loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses around rock fragments; 10 percent subangular 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 5 percent subangular 75- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red.