Pedon ID: S08MA023001-Ipswich-P
Site ID: S08MA023001-Ipswich
Lab Pedon #:S08MA023001
Description Date: 8/7/2008 3:25:41 PM
Print Date: 8/8/2008
Describer: D. Parizek, D. Hvizdak, S. McVey, D. Surabian, R. Tunstead
Site Notes: Text: Vegetations species is Spartina alterniflora. Not an available choice on plants list.
Pedon Notes: Text: Metal ground truthing rods were sunk to a depth of 21 feet with no Pleistocene materials encountered.
Soil Name As Described/Sampled: Ipswich
Soil Name As Correlated:
Classification: Euic, mesic Typic Sulfisaprists
Pedon Type: Typical pedon for series
Pedon Purpose: Full pedon description
Taxon Kind: Series
SSURGO MU: 66A - Ipswich-Pawcatuck-Matunuck complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA023 - Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Land Resource Region: R - Northeastern Forage and Forest Region
MLRA: 144A - New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
MLRA Soil Survey Area: SS144A - New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part MLRA Soil Survey
County or Parish: MA023 - Plymouth
State or Territory: MA - Massachusetts
Country: US - United States
7.5' Quad: 42070-B6 - Scituate, Massachusetts
MLRA Region Office Area: 12 - Amherst, MA
Physiographic Division: AH - Appalachian Highlands
Physiographic Province: NE - New England Province
Physiographic Section: SLS - Seaboard lowland section
MLRA Survey Office Management Area: 12-6 - Windsor, Connecticut
Lat/Long: 42°9’46.4” north, 70°44’33.7” west
UTM: 356041E, 4669333N -- Datum NAD83, Zone 19
Location Description: In town of Scituate immediately adjacent and just west of Route 3A, 641 meters North of the interesection of Route 3A and Spring Street (Town of Marshfield), 159 meters North of open water for North River, drainage ditch and cut accessed via a scenic park and ride area.
Legal Description:
Landscape: coastal plain
Landform: tidal marsh
Microfeature:
Anthropogenic Feature:
Geomorphic Component: Talf
Profile Pos: Toeslope: on lower third
Slope: 0 percent
Elevation: 1.5 meters
Aspect: 0°
Shape: up/down: Linear; across: Linear
Complexity: Simple
Flooding: Frequent; very brief
Ponding:
Drainage: Very poorly drained
Runoff: Negligible
Permeability: Moderately rapid
Erosion: None - deposition
Primary Earth Cover: Grass/herbaceous cover; Secondary Earth Cover: Marshland
Parent Materials: grassy organic material
Bedrock:
Particle Size Control Section: 0 to 130 centimeters
Diagnostic Features: Sulfidic material: 0 to 100 centimeters, Sapric soil material: 0 to 74 centimeters, Aquic conditions: 0 to 165 centimeters, Histic epipedon: 0 to 165 centimeters and Hemic soil material: 74 to 99 centimeters

Oa1 --- 0 to 10 centimeters; 85 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) moist, broken face, 15 percent olive (5Y 4/4) moist, broken face and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) moist, rubbed, muck; 10 percent unrubbed fiber, 2 percent rubbed; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; slightly fluid; many medium roots throughout, many fine roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; electrical conductivity of 14.4 mmhos/cm by Salinity probe; neutral, pH 6.8, Bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary.

Oa2 --- 10 to 22 centimeters; 75 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) moist, broken face, 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist, broken face, 10 percent black (N 2.5/) moist, broken face and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) moist, rubbed, muck; 75 percent unrubbed fiber, 10 percent rubbed; massive; friable, nonsticky; nonfluid; many medium roots throughout, many fine roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; electrical conductivity of 14.3 mmhos/cm by Salinity probe; neutral, pH 7.2, Bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary.

Oa3 --- 22 to 41 centimeters; 85 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) moist, broken face, 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) moist, broken face, 5 percent black (N 2.5/) moist, broken face and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) moist, rubbed, muck; 60 percent unrubbed fiber, 10 percent rubbed; massive; friable, slightly sticky; slightly fluid; many medium roots throughout, many fine roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; electrical conductivity of 14.2 mmhos/cm by Salinity probe; neutral, pH 6.8, Bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary.

Oa4 --- 41 to 74 centimeters; very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) moist, rubbed and; very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) moist, broken face, muck; 50 percent unrubbed fiber, 5 percent rubbed; massive; friable, slightly sticky; moderately fluid; common medium roots throughout, common fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; electrical conductivity of 6.9 mmhos/cm by Salinity probe; neutral, pH 7.2, Bromthymol blue; A 2cm thick sand layer was observed at the bottom of the horizon and 1 decomposed shell was observed within the horizon.; abrupt smooth boundary.

Oe1 --- 74 to 99 centimeters; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist, rubbed and; dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) moist, broken face, mucky peat; 90 percent unrubbed fiber, 20 percent rubbed; massive; friable, nonsticky; slightly fluid; electrical conductivity of 6.2 mmhos/cm by Salinity probe; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, Phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.

Oa5 --- 99 to 112 centimeters; very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) moist, rubbed and; very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) moist, broken face, muck; 10 percent unrubbed fiber, 0 percent rubbed; massive; slightly sticky; slightly fluid; electrical conductivity of 20 mmhos/cm by Salinity probe; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, Phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.

Oe2 --- 112 to 133 centimeters; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) moist, rubbed and; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) moist, broken face, mucky peat; 80 percent unrubbed fiber, 20 percent rubbed; massive; nonsticky; nonfluid; electrical conductivity of 20 mmhos/cm by Salinity probe; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, Phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.

Oe3 --- 133 to 165 centimeters; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) moist, rubbed and; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) moist, broken face, mucky peat; 90 percent unrubbed fiber, 25 percent rubbed; massive; nonsticky; slightly fluid; electrical conductivity of 20 mmhos/cm by Salinity probe; moderately alkaline, pH 8, Phenol red.