Birchwood 2332010

BIRCHWOOD 2332010 Click here for a photo of this pedon

Print Date:

01/03/2003

Description Date:

05/03/2001

Describer:

Rob Tunstead & Jim Turenne

Site ID:

2332010

Site Notes:

Backhoe Pit for Title V Workshop. Profile photo and close ups of cracks taken, posted online.

Pedon ID:

2332010

Pedon Notes:

Desiccation cracks in the 2Cd horizon.

Lab Source ID:

Lab Pedon #:

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:	Birchwood
Soil Name as Correlated:
Classification:	Sandy, mixed, mesic Aquic Udorthents

Pedon Type:

typical pedon for series

Pedon Purpose:

full pedon description

Taxon Kind:

series

Associated Soils:

Mattapoisett, Norwell, Poquonock, Scituate, Woodbridge

Location Information

Country:

USA

State:

Massachusetts

County:

PLYMOUTH

MLRA:

144A -- New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

Soil Survey Area:

MA023 -- Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Map Unit:

320A -- Birchwood loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes

Quad Name:

Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Location Description:

Town of Bridgewater Massachusetts, 40 meters East of Summer Street, 485 meters West of the Taunton River, 640 meters North Northwest of the intersection of Titicut and Summer Street in a corn field of the State Farm.

Legal Description:

Latitude:

41 degrees 57 minutes 14.40 seconds north

Longitude:

70 degrees 56 minutes 30.40 seconds west

Datum:

NAD83

UTM Zone:

UTM Easting:

339047 meters

UTM Northing:

4646492 meters

Physiographic Division:

Appalachian Highlands

Physiographic Province:

New England Province

Physiographic Section:

Seaboard lowland section

State Physiographic Area:

Taunton River Watershed, Glacial lake Taunton.

Local Physiographic Area:

Massachusetts Correctional Institution

Geomorphic Setting:

shoulder of side slope of drumlin on till plain

Upslope Shape:

concave

Cross Slope Shape:

linear

Primary Earth Cover:

crop cover

Secondary Earth Cover:

row crop

Existing Vegetation:

Corn Stubble.

Parent Material:

sandy eolian sands over sandy and gravelly ablation till over coarse-loamy basal till

Bedrock Kind:

Bedrock Depth:

Bedrock Hardness:

Bedrock Fracture Interval:

Surface Fragments:

Particle Size Control Section:

25 to 91 cm.

Diagnostic Features:

ochric epipedon	0 to 31 cm.
densic materials	91 cm.

Restrictions

Top Depth (cm)	Bottom Depth (cm)	Restriction Kind	Restriction Hardness
91		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)
2	45	90						moderately well

Ap--0 to 31 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure, and weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; low excavation difficulty; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 5 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.

Bw1--31 to 64 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure, and weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots throughout; 2 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 2 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 3 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; clear wavy boundary.

C1--64 to 91 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, gravelly sand gravelly coarse sand; single grain; friable; few very fine roots throughout; 18 percent very coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 18 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 18 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 8 percent coarse distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout and 8 percent medium distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout; 20 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 2 percent subrounded 75- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 1 percent subrounded 250- to 600-millimeter mixed rock fragments; clear wavy boundary.

2Cd--91 to 152 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, very gravelly loam; massive; firm; high excavation difficulty; common fine vesicular and common very fine vesicular pores; 8 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 8 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 2 percent fine prominent dusky red (2.5YR 3/2), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries around rock fragments; 35 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 4 percent subrounded 75- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 2 percent subrounded 250- to 600-millimeter mixed rock fragments.