USDA - Soil Conservation Service
Pedon Narrative Description
DATE Sampled: 03/28/1990

Soil Series: NEWPORT

Site Identification #: 90MA023021

Map Unit Symbol: 325C

Lab Pedon #: 2332501

Location Information

Soil Survey Area #: 023 MLRA: 144A

County Name: Plymouth

Soil Survey Area Name: PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS

Location Description: APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE TOP OF PLANTERS HILL AT THE WORLDS END RESERVATION IN THE TOWN OF HINGHAM, MA.

Quadrangle Name:

Latitude: 41 degrees 15 minutes 48.0 seconds N
Longitude: 70 degrees 52 minutes 39.0 seconds W

UTM Zone: UTM Easting: UTM Northing:

Photograph #: 6969D

Description Category: Full pedon description

Pedon Category: Typical pedon for series

Slope Characteristics Information

Slope: 11 percent
Aspect: 250 degrees
Horizontal Shape: Convex
Total Slope Length: 700.0 feet
Slope Length Above Site: 236.0 feet

Elevation: 90.0 feet

Physiography:
Local: Drumlin
Major: Glaciated Upland *

Geomorphic Position: on middle third, shoulder, of a side slope

Water Table Information
Water Table Depth: 25.0 inches
Water Table Kind: Perched

Moisture Regime: Udic moisture regime

Landuse: Pasture land and native pasture
Stoniness: 0.00 percent

Natural Drainage Class: WD-MWD

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

Described by: PETER C. FLETCHER

Notes: SUNNY - 50 DEGREES F. VEGETATION - PASTURE GRASSES.

Ap-- 0 to 9.5 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) dry; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout and common fine and medium throughout; 5.8 LaMotte-Morgan; 10 percent subangular gravel and 2 percent subangular cobbles; abrupt wavy boundary. 25% dark, flat coarse fragments

Bw1-- 9 to 23 inches; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout; 5.8 LaMotte-Morgan; 10 percent subangular gravel and 2 percent subangular cobbles and 2 percent subangular stones; clear wavy boundary. warm casts (10YR 3/2) 10% of area; textural samples collected for lab analysis of Bw1, Cd1, and Cd2; 25% dark, flat coarse fragments

Bw2--23 to 29 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; few fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and few fine and medium faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout; 6.0 LaMotte-Morgan; 10 percent subangular gravel and 2 percent subangular cobbles and 2 percent subangular stones; abrupt wavy boundary. greater sand content, still makes loam texture; 25% dark, flat coarse fragments

Cd1--29 to 42 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy clay loam; common fine prominent red (2.5YR 5/6) and common fine and medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) mottles; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; 6.0 LaMotte-Morgan; 10 percent subangular gravel and 2 percent subangular cobbles and 2 percent subangular stones; clear wavy boundary. textural samples collected for lab analysis of Bw1, Cd1, and Cd2; 25% dark, flat coarse fragments

Cd2--42 to 52 inches; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; common fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and common fine and medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) mottles; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; 6.2 LaMotte-Morgan; 10 percent subangular gravel and 2 percent subangular cobbles and 2 percent subangular stones. textural samples collected for lab analysis of Bw1, Cd1, and Cd2; 25% dark, flat coarse fragments