PEDON DESCRIPTION


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Pedon ID: S08MA023004-Winooski-P
Site ID: S08MA023004-Winooski-S
Lab Pedon #:S08MA023004
Description Date: 7/31/2008 2:32:12 PM
Print Date: 8/21/2008
Describer: Deb Surabian, Donald Parizek, Al Averill, & Rob Tunstead
Site Notes:
Pedon Notes: Text: Typical pedon for Plymouth County Soil Survey update.
Soil Name As Described/Sampled: Winooski
Soil Name As Correlated:
Classification: Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Fluvaquentic Dystrudepts
Pedon Type: Typical pedon for series
Pedon Purpose: Full pedon description
Taxon Kind: Series
SSURGO MU: 98A - Winooski very fine sandy loam, 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: 41070-H8 - Bridgewater, 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: 41°58’4.5” north, 70°54’29.1” west
UTM: 341894E, 4647976N -- Datum NAD83, Zone 19
Location Description: In the town of Bridgewater, 72 meters directly west of where Winnetuxet River and Taunton River intersect, 700 meters West-Southwest of interesction of Thompson Street (Route 105) and Pratt Street in Halifax, 742 meters Southwest of Birdsall sampling location 2007, and 700 meters directly East of Auburn Street
Legal Description:
Landscape: alluvial plain
Landform: flood-plain step
Microfeature:
Anthropogenic Feature:
Geomorphic Component: Tread
Profile Pos: Backslope: on middle third
Slope: 2 percent
Elevation: 6.1 meters
Aspect: 230°
Shape: up/down: Concave; across: Linear
Complexity: Complex
Flooding: Frequent; long; Jan
Ponding:
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Runoff: Low
Permeability: Moderate
Erosion: None - deposition
Primary Earth Cover: Tree cover; Secondary Earth Cover: Swamp
Existing Vegetation: ACRU - red maple (Acer rubrum); TORA2 - eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans); VIBUR - viburnum (Viburnum); VACO - highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum); URDI - stinging nettle (Urtica dioica); ONSE - sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
Parent Materials: coarse-silty alluvium
Bedrock:
Particle Size Control Section: 25 to 100 centimeters
Diagnostic Features: Umbric epipedon: 0 to 35 centimeters, Redox depletions with chroma 2 or less: 35 to 144 centimeters, Cambic horizon: 35 to 64 centimeters and Reduced matrix: 64 to 200 centimeters

SlopeElevationAspectMAATMSATMWATMAPFrost-Free DaysDrainage ClassSlope LengthUpslope Length
2 percent6.1 meters230° 1197 millimeters moderately well

A1 --- 0 to 12 centimeters; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moist, interior, silt; dark gray (10YR 4/1) dry, interior; weak coarse granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately few coarse roots throughout, common medium roots throughout, many fine roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; few fine tubular pores; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.

A2 --- 12 to 23 centimeters; black (7.5YR 2.5/1) moist, interior, silt; dark gray (10YR 4/1) dry, interior; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately few medium roots throughout, common fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; few fine tubular pores; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.

A3 --- 23 to 35 centimeters; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moist, interior, silt; brown (10YR 5/3) dry, interior; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately few medium roots throughout, common fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; few medium tubular and many very fine tubular pores; very strongly acid, pH 5, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

Bw --- 35 to 54 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) moist, interior, silt; weak coarse subangular blocky and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately few medium roots throughout, common fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; few coarse tubular, few medium tubular, many fine tubular and many very fine tubular pores; 5 percent (common) coarse distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron clear throughout and 5 percent (common) coarse prominent irregular gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions clear throughout; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.

BC --- 54 to 64 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) moist, interior, silt; weak coarse subangular blocky and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately few very fine roots throughout; few coarse tubular, few medium tubular and common fine tubular pores; 8 percent (common) medium distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron clear throughout and 5 percent (common) medium distinct irregular light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions clear throughout; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.

Cg1 --- 64 to 104 centimeters; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) moist, interior, silt; massive; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately few very fine roots throughout; common fine tubular and common very fine tubular pores; 35 percent (many) medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron clear throughout and 5 percent (common) medium faint dendritic gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions clear on surfaces along root channels; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.

Cg2 --- 104 to 144 centimeters; light olive gray (5Y 6/2) moist, interior, silt; massive; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; common fine tubular and common very fine tubular pores; 5 percent (common) fine prominent spherical dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese concretions clear throughout, 10 percent (common) medium prominent spherical yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron clear throughout and 10 percent (common) medium faint spherical gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions clear throughout; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; Some very fine dead roots observed in horizon.; clear smooth boundary.

Cg3 --- 144 to 200 centimeters; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) moist, interior, silt; massive; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; common fine tubular and common very fine tubular pores; 5 percent (common) fine prominent spherical dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese concretions clear throughout and 40 percent (many) fine prominent spherical dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese masses clear throughout; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red.