WINDSOR PEDON DESCRIPTION S91-MA-023-006

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Print Date: 01/02/2006 Country:
Description Date: 06/01/1991 State: Massachusetts
Describer: Jim Turene, Dick Scanu County: Plymouth
Site ID: 91MA023006 MLRA: 144A -- New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
Site Note: Soil Survey Area:
Pedon ID: 91MA023006 Map Unit:
Pedon Note: Associated soils are Deerfield, Freetown, and Merrimac. Quad Name:
Lab Source ID: SSL Location Description: Snipatuit Quad, town of Wareham 3200 feet S of Fearing Hill Rd, 3000 feet E of County Rd, 1400 feet W of Squirrel Island Rd
Lab Pedon #: 91P0793 Legal Description:
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Windsor Latitude: 41 degrees 45 minutes 30.00 seconds north
Soil Name as Correlated: Longitude: 70 degrees 46 minutes 12.00 seconds west
Classification: Datum:
Pedon Type: UTM Zone:
Pedon Purpose: full pedon description UTM Easting:
Taxon Kind: UTM Northing:
Associated Soils:
Physiographic Division: Primary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Province: Secondary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Section: Existing Vegetation: black oak, huckleberry, white oak
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: 91MA023006 Pedon ID: 91MA023006

Slope (%) Elevation (meters) Aspect (deg) MAAT (C) MSAT (C) MWAT (C) MAP (mm) Frost-Free Days Drainage Class Slope Length (meters) Upslope Length (meters)
4.0 12.0 45




excessively


A--3 to 5 centimeters; (7.5YR 3/0) partially decomposed organic matter; massive; very friable; common fine and medium roots and many very fine roots; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4633. colors of individual sand grains; common fine and medium roots; many very fine roots

E--5 to 15 centimeters; 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loamy sand; massive; very friable; common very fine and fine roots and few fine to coarse roots; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4634. Krotovina 1" diameter; few fine to coarse roots; common very fine and fine roots

B s--15 to 23 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; few fine and medium roots and many very fine roots; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4635. few fine and medium roots; many very fine roots

B w1--23 to 48 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; few fine and medium roots and many very fine roots; 3 percent 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4636. few fine and medium roots; many very fine roots

B w2--48 to 69 centimeters; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; few fine and medium roots and common very fine roots; 3 percent 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4637. few fine and medium roots; common very fine roots

BC--69 to 79 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sand; single grain; very friable; few very fine and fine roots; 1 percent 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4638. few very fine and fine roots

C 1--79 to 112 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sand; single grain; very friable; few fine roots; 1 percent 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4639. pocket of fine gravel in upper C horizons; few fine roots

C 2--112 to 140 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4640

C 3--140 to 183 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 91P4641. 1/8" lenses of very fine sand (possible silt) horizontal orientation, also found at 7'