Soil Map Unit Legend for the Soil Survey of Bristol County, Southern Part
This legend is for the Bristol SOUTH survey only, map unit symbols are different for Bristol North!
Note the published alpha legend are the map unit symbols used in the published survey, the State-wide numeric legend are the map units used for the digital soil maps when completed.
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| State-wide Numeric Legend |
Published Survey Map Unit |
Soil Map Unit Name |
Hydric Soil |
Farmland Class |
| 275A | AgA | Agawam fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | No | Prime |
| 275B | AgB | Agawam fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | No | Prime |
| 610 | Be | Beaches | ||
| 705B | CtB | Charlton-Paxton fine sandy loams, rocky, 3 to 8 percent slopes | No | Prime |
| 705C | CtC | Charlton-Paxton fine sandy loams, rocky, 8 to 15 percent slopes | No | |
| 706C | CuC | Charlton-Rock outcrop-Paxton complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes | No | |
| 706E | CuE | Charlton-Rock outcrop-Paxton complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes | No | |
| 256A | DeA | Deerfield loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes | No | |
| 652 | Du | Dumps | No | |
| 52A | Fm | Freetown muck | Yes | |
| 53A | Fp | Freetown muck, ponded | Yes | |
| 449B | GcB | Gloucester-Hinckley complex, undulating | No | |
| 446B | GhB | Gloucester-Hinckley complex, very stony, undulating | No | |
| 446C | GhC | Gloucester-Hinckley complex, very stony, rolling | No | |
| 242A | HgA | Hinckley gravelly fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | No | |
| 242B | HgB | Hinckley gravelly fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | No | |
| 242C | HgC | Hinckley gravelly fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes | No | |
| 242D | HgD | Hinckley gravelly fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes | No | |
| 254A | MeA | Merrimac fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | No | Prime |
| 254B | MeB | Merrimac fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | No | Prime |
| 325B | NeB | Newport loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | No | Prime |
| 326C | NfC | Newport very stony loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes | No | |
| 276A | NgA | Ninigret fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | No | Prime |
| 61A | Pa | Pawcatuck and Ipswich peats | Yes | |
| 305A | PfA | Paxton fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | No | Prime |
| 305B | PfB | Paxton fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | No | Prime |
| 305C | PfC | Paxton fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes | No | |
| 306B | PgB | Paxton very stony fine sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes | No | |
| 306C | PgC | Paxton very stony fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes | No | |
| 306D | PgD | Paxton very stony fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes | No | |
| 307B | PhB | Paxton extremely stony fine sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes | No | |
| 307C | PhC | Paxton extremely stony fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes | No | |
| 307D | PhD | Paxton extremely stony fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes | No | |
| 37A | PoA | Pipestone loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes | Yes | |
| 601 | Pr | Pits, quarry | No | |
| 617 | Ps | Pits-Udorthents complex, gravelly | No | |
| 345B | PtB | Pittstown loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes | No | Prime |
| 346B | PvB | Pittstown very stony loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes | No | |
| 70A | RdA | Ridgebury fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | Yes | |
| 70B | RdB | Ridgebury fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | Yes | |
| 71A | ReA | Ridgebury extremely stony fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | Yes | |
| 71B | ReB | Ridgebury extremely stony fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | Yes | |
| 39A | Sc | Scarboro muck | Yes | |
| 260A | SdA | Sudbury fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | No | Prime |
| 260B | SdB | Sudbury fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | No | Prime |
| 60A | Ss | Swansea coarse sand | Yes | Unique |
| 51A | Sw | Swansea muck | Yes | |
| 702 | UaD | Udipsamments, hilly | No | |
| 651 | Ud | Udorthents, smoothed | No | |
| 602 | Ur | Urban land | No | |
| 31A | WaA | Walpole fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | Yes | |
| 32A | WcA | Wareham loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes | Yes | |
| 72A | WgA | Whitman fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | Yes | |
| 73A | WhA | Whitman extremely stony fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | Yes | |
| 255A | WnA | Windsor loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes | No | |
| 255B | WnB | Windsor loamy sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes | No | |
| 255C | WnC | Windsor loamy sand, 8 to 20 percent slopes | No | |
| 310A | WrA | Woodbridge fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | No | Prime |
| 310B | WrB | Woodbridge fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | No | Prime |
| 311B | WsB | Woodbridge very stony fine sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes | No | |
| 312B | WtB | Woodbridge extremely stony fine sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes | No |