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USDA - Soil Conservation Service Soil Series: BIRDSALL Map Unit Name: Birdsall silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes Site Identification #: 92MA023009 Map Unit Symbol: 9A Note ID: Yield ID: Laboratory Information Lab Pedon #: S92MA02303 Source Lab Id: UMASS PEDON NO. 2300901 Location Information Soil Survey Area #: 023 MLRA: 144A County FIPS Code: County Name: Plymouth County, Massachusetts Soil Survey Area Name: Plymouth County, Massachusetts Location Description: Bridgewater Quadrangle, ton of Bridgewater, 400' east of Rt. 18/28, 200' north of powerline, 1200' north of intersection of the Taunton River with Rt. 18/128. Quadrangle Name: Bridgewater Quadrangle Latitude: 41 degrees 56 minutes 25.0 seconds N Longitude: 70 degrees 57 minutes 55.0 seconds W UTM Zone: UTM Easting: UTM Northing: Photograph #: 143C Description Category: Full pedon description Pedon Category: Typical pedon for series Slope Characteristics Information Elevation: 25.0 feet Physiography: Geographically Associated Soils: Raynham, Scio, Saco Microrelief: Water Table Information Ponding Information Runoff: Very low Type of Erosion: water erosion Degree of Erosion: Class 1 Classification: ____ , ____ , ____ , ____ , ____ ____ Moisture Regime: Udic moisture regime Landuse: Wetlands Natural Drainage Class: VPD Parent Material: Weathered lacustrine silts from mixed-igneous-metamorphic & sedimentary Vegetative Information Diagnostic Features: histic, 0.0 to 39.0 inches Described by: Peter Fletcher, Jim Turenne, E. A. Wells, Richard Bonner, Nicky Shirt Notes: Weather: Hazy, hot & humid 90 degrees F.; sampled by Judy Bartos, UMass, water table 20 cm; faint hydrogen sulfide odor; lab sample number S92MA02303.
Oi-- 1 to 0 inches; fibric material; abrupt smooth boundary.
Oe-- 0 to 4 inches; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) mucky peat; very friable; common very fine and fine roots and common medium and coarse; 3.8 Bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary.
Oa-- 4 to 9 inches; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) sapric material; massive; very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine roots and common fine and medium; 3.8 Bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary.
A1-- 9 to 15 inches; black (10YR 2/1) mucky silt loam; few medium prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and common medium distinct black (7.5YR 2/1) mottles; moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine roots and common fine; 3.8 Bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary.
A2--15 to 17 inches; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; few fine faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) mottles; massive; friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine roots; 4.2 Bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary.
Cg1--17 to 25 inches; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; very dark gray (5YR 3/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) mottles; massive; firm, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine roots; 4.6 Bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Several large pockets - mucky SIL organic matter (dead root); dark organic staining on face3s of vertical crocks; ped face color of vertical crack; roots extend into Cg along vertical cracks.
Cg2--25 to 36 inches; olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; few medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and few medium distinct greenish gray (5GY 6/1) mottles; massive; firm, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; 4.6 Bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary.
Cg3--36 to 59 inches; gray (2.5Y 5/1) very fine sandy loam; few medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and few medium prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) mottles; massive; friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; abrupt wavy boundary.
Cg4--59 to 72 inches; gray (5Y 5/1) sand; single grain; loose. |
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