Massasoit Pedon Description - S-91-MA-023-004

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Print Date: 12/03/2005 Country: Plymouth
Description Date: 06/01/1991 State: Massachusetts
Describer: P.C. Fletcher, Larry Brown, Judy Bartos, Dick Scanu County: Plymouth
Site ID: 91MA023004 MLRA: 149B -- Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
Site Note: Soil Survey Area:
Pedon ID: 91MA023004 Map Unit: 37A - Massasoit-Mashpee complex, nearly level
Pedon Note: Vegetation: Red Maple, Red Oak, White Oak, Tupelo, Grey Birch, Sweet Pepper Bush, High Bush Blueberry, Bull Brier. Quad Name:
Lab Source ID: SSL Location Description: Approximately 2200 feet E of County road at a point 1.05 miles N of intersection of County road and Point road in the town of Wareham, MA
Lab Pedon #: 91P0791 Legal Description:
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Pipestone Latitude: 41 degrees 44 minutes 58.00 seconds north
Soil Name as Correlated: Massasoit Longitude: 70 degrees 46 minutes 23.00 seconds west
Classification: Sandy, isotic, mesic, shallow, ortstein Typic Duraquod Datum:
Pedon Type: UTM Zone:
Pedon Purpose: full pedon description UTM Easting:
Taxon Kind: UTM Northing:
Associated Soils: Deerfield, Mashpee, Berryland
Physiographic Division: Primary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Province: Secondary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Section: Existing Vegetation:
State Physiographic Area: Parent Material:
Local Physiographic Area: Bedrock Kind:
Geomorphic Setting: None Assigned Bedrock Depth:
Upslope Shape: Bedrock Hardness:
Cross Slope Shape: Bedrock Fracture Interval:
Particle Size Control Section: Surface Fragments: 0.0 percent
Diagnostic Features: ? to ? cm.
Cont. Site ID: 91MA023004 Pedon ID: 91MA023004

Slope (%) Elevation (meters) Aspect (deg) MAAT (C) MSAT (C) MWAT (C) MAP (mm) Frost-Free Days Drainage Class Slope Length (meters) Upslope Length (meters)
2.0 5.0 135




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O a--3 to 8 centimeters; (7.5YR 2/0) ; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; many very fine and fine roots and common medium and coarse roots; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, Bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4615. common medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots

A--8 to 13 centimeters; (2.5Y 2/0) loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; common very fine and fine roots and common medium and coarse roots; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4616. common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots

E 1--13 to 28 centimeters; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy fine sand; 30 percent medium and coarse faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mottles; massive; very friable; few medium and coarse roots and few very fine roots; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4617. few medium and coarse roots; few very fine roots; many medium and coarse faint 10YR32 mottles

E 2--28 to 33 centimeters; (7.5YR 2/0) loamy fine sand; 30 percent medium and coarse distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) mottles; massive; very friable; common very fine and fine roots and few medium and coarse roots; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4618. few medium and coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR31 mottles

B h--33 to 43 centimeters; dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) and reddish gray (5YR 5/2) loamy fine sand; 11 percent fine and medium prominent (7.5YR 2/0) mottles; moderate coarse platy structure; firm; common very fine and fine roots and few medium roots; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4619. this color appears as mottles but also follows along planes of weakness in bandsThixotropic; few medium roots; common very fine and fine roots; common fine and medium prominent 7.5YR20 mottles

B sm--43 to 58 centimeters; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine sand; 1 percent fine and medium prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) and 1 percent fine and medium prominent reddish gray (5YR 5/2) and 30 percent medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) mottles; massive; very firm, strongly cemented*; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4620. few fine and medium prominent 5YR22 mottles; few fine and medium prominent 5YR52 mottles; many medium and coarse prominent 7.5YR46 mottles

BC--58 to 69 centimeters; brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; 11 percent fine and medium distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) and 11 percent fine and medium distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) and 30 percent medium and coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) mottles; massive; friable; 5 percent 250- to 600-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4621. common fine and medium distinct 2.5YR24 mottles; common fine and medium distinct 2.5YR54 mottles; many medium and coarse prominent 10YR46 mottles

C 1--69 to 112 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sand; 11 percent fine and medium distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) mottles; massive; loose; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4622. common fine and medium distinct 5YR44 mottles

C 2--112 to 203 centimeters; olive gray (5Y 4/2) loamy very fine sand; 11 percent fine and medium distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) mottles; single grain; loose; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4623. common fine and medium distinct 5YR44 mottles