Soil Survey of Dukes County Massachusetts
Available in Digital Format
Visit the Soil Data Mart to Download Digital Soil Data for Dukes County and Generate Reports(Issued September 1986)
Authors: Peter C. Fletcher and Rino J. Roffinoli
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Status:
Published report,
DIGITIZED SURVEY. Contact 508-295-5151 x 2 to order this soil survey |
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. Click on the published map unit symbol to read the description.
Click HERE for a legend and descriptions of AD-HOC spot symbols
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State |
Published |
Map Unit Name |
Prime Farmland Class |
Hydric Soil |
| 610 | Be | Beaches | Not Rated | Yes* |
| 11A | BeA | Berryland loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes | Not Rated | Yes |
| 460C | CaC | Canton-Montauk-Plymouth complex, rolling | Not Rated | |
| 461C | CcC | Canton-Montauk-Plymouth complex, rolling, extremely bouldery | Not Rated | |
| 259A | CeA | Carver loamy coarse sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes | Not Rated | |
| 259B | CeB | Carver loamy coarse sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes | Not Rated | |
| 259C | CeC | Carver loamy coarse sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes | Not Rated | |
| 259D | CeD | Carver loamy coarse sand, 15 to 25 percent slopes | Not Rated | |
| 180B | ChB | Chilmark sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | Prime | |
| 180C | ChC | Chilmark sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes | State/Local Imp. | |
| 181B | CsB | Chilmark sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony | State/Local Imp. | |
| 181D | CsC | Chilmark sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony | Not Rated | |
| 181D | CsD | Chilmark sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very stony | Not Rated | |
| 264A | EcA | Eastchop loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes | State/Local Imp. | |
| 264B | EcB | Eastchop loamy sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes | State/Local Imp. | |
| 264C | EcC | Eastchop loamy sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes | State/Local Imp. | |
| 264D | EcD | Eastchop loamy sand, 15 to 35 percent slopes | Not Rated | |
| 285B | EdB | Eastchop loamy sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony | State/Local Imp. | |
| 285C | EdC | Eastchop loamy sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony | Not Rated | |
| 285D | EdD | Eastchop loamy sand, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony | Not Rated | |
| 455C | EmC | Eastchop-Montauk complex, rolling | State/Local Imp. | |
| 456C | EnC | Eastchop-Montauk complex, rolling, very bouldery | Not Rated | |
| 54A | FsA | Freetown and Swansea mucks, 0 to 1 percent slopes | Not Rated | Yes |
| 251A | HaA | Haven very fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | Prime | |
| 251B | HaB | Haven very fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | Prime | |
| 287A | KaA | Katama sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | Prime | |
| 297A | KeA | Klej loamy coarse sand, sandy substratum, 0 to 5 percent slopes | State/Local Imp. | |
| 308A | MoA | Moshup loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | State/Local Imp. | |
| 308B | MoB | Moshup loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | State/Local Imp. | |
| 309B | MsB | Moshup loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony | Not Rated | |
| 380B | NaB | Nantucket sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | Prime | |
| 380C | NaC | Nantucket sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes | State/Local Imp. | |
| 382B | NnB | Nantucket sandy loam. 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony | State/Local Imp. | |
| 382C | NnC | Nantucket sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony | State/Local Imp. | |
| 497C | NpC | Nantucket-Plymouth complex, rolling | Not Rated | |
| 498B | NsB | Nantucket-Plymouth complex, undulating, very stony | Not Rated | |
| 498C | NsC | Nantucket-Plymouth complex, rolling, very stony | Not Rated | |
| 498D | NsD | Nantucket-Plymouth complex, hilly, very stony | Not Rated | |
| 64A | PaA | Pawcatuck and Matunuck mucky peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes | Not Rated | Yes |
| 600 | Pg | Pits, sand and gravel | Not Rated | |
| 474C | PnC | Plymouth-Canton-Nantucket complex, rolling, very bouldery | Not Rated | |
| 475C | PtC | Plymouth-Montauk complex, rolling, extremely bouldery | Not Rated | |
| 475D | PtD | Plymouth-Montauk complex, hilly, extremely bouldery | Not Rated | |
| 476D | PwD | Plymouth-Nantucket complex, hilly extremely bouldery | Not Rated | |
| 408A | PyA | Pompton sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | State/Local Imp. | |
| 87A | RgA | Ridgebury Variant fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | Not Rated | Yes |
| 88A | RsA | Ridgebury Variant fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, very stony | Not Rated | Yes |
| 288A | RvA | Riverhead sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | Prime | |
| 288B | RvB | Riverhead sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | Prime | |
| 288C | RvC | Riverhead sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes | State/Local Imp. | |
| 261A | TaA | Tisbury very fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | Prime | |
| 702 | UaC | Udipsamments, rolling | Not Rated | |
| 602 | Ur | Urbanland | Not Rated | |
| 82A | WhA | Whitman Variant silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | Not Rated | Yes |
| 84A | WmA | Whitman Variant silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, very stony | Not Rated | Yes |
| 699 | Soil Not Surveyed | Not Rated | ||
| 608 | Water, Ocean | Not Rated | ||
| 607 | Water, Saline | Not Rated | ||
| 1 | W | Water | Not Rated |