Essex County Soil Survey - Southern Part Map Unit Legend
Click on the Stateleg Map Unit Symbol for a Brief, Nontechnical Description of the Soil Map Unit (consult the published survey for more detailed information). Stateleg map unit symbols are used for the digital surveys.
| Stateleg |
Published |
Map Unit Name | Hydric Soil |
| 1 | W | Water | Yes |
| 12A | Ma | Maybid Silt Loam, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 14B | ScA | Scitico Silt Loam, 0 To 5 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 31A | WeA | Walpole Fine Sandy Loam, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 31B | WeB | Walpole Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 32A | We | Wareham Loamy Sand, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 38A | Pe | Pipestone Loamy Fine Sand, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 43A | Sb | Scarboro Mucky Loamy Fine Sand, 0 To 1 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 51A | Ss | Swansea Muck, 0 To 1 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 52A | Fm | Freetown Muck, 0 To 1 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 53A | Fp | Freetown Muck, Ponded, 0 To 1 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 70B | RdA | Ridgebury Fine Sandy Loam, 0 To 6 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 71A | RfA | Ridgebury Fine Sandy Loam, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes, Extremely Stony | Yes |
| 71B | RiD | Ridgebury Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes, Extremely Stony | Yes |
| 73A | Wh | Whitman Loam, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes, Extremely Stony | Yes |
| 102C | CrC | Chatfield-Hollis-Rock Outcrop Complex, 3 To 15 Percent Slopes | |
| 102E | CrD | Chatfield-Hollis-Rock Outcrop Complex, 15 To 35 Percent Slopes | |
| 105D | Rx | Rock Outcrop-Hollis Complex, 3 To 25 Percent Slopes | |
| 220A | BuA | Boxford Silt Loam, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | |
| 220B | BuB | Boxford Silt Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 220C | BuC | Boxford Silt Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes | |
| 225B | BcB | Belgrade Very Fine Sandy Loam, 0 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 242A | HfA | Hinckley Gravelly Fine Sandy Loam, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | |
| 242B | HfB | Hinckley Gravelly Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 242C | HfC | Hinckley Gravelly Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes | |
| 242D | HfD | Hinckley Gravelly Fine Sandy Loam, 15 To 25 Percent Slopes | |
| 242E | HfE | Hinckley Gravelly Fine Sandy Loam, 25 To 45 Percent Slopes | |
| 250B | PlB | Pollux Fine Sandy Loam, 0 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 254A | MmA | Merrimac Fine Sandy Loam, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | |
| 254B | MmB | Merrimac Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 254C | MmC | Merrimac Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes | |
| 254D | MmD | Merrimac Fine Sandy Loam, 15 To 25 Percent Slopes | |
| 255A | WnA | Windsor Loamy Sand, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | |
| 255B | WnB | Windsor Loamy Sand, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 255C | WnC | Windsor Loamy Sand, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes | |
| 255D | WnD | Windsor Loamy Sand, 15 To 25 Percent Slopes | |
| 256A | De | Deerfield Loamy Fine Sand, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | |
| 260A | SrA | Sudbury Fine Sandy Loam, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | |
| 260B | SrB | Sudbury Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 276A | NnA | Ninigret Fine Sandy Loam, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | |
| 276B | NnB | Ninigret Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 300B | MoB | Montauk Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 300C | MoC | Montauk Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes | |
| 301B | MsB | Montauk Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 301C | MsC | Montauk Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 301D | MsD | Montauk Fine Sandy Loam, 15 To 25 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 302C | MxC | Montauk Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes, Extremely Stony | |
| 302D | MxD | Montauk Fine Sandy Loam, 15 To 25 Percent Slopes, Extremely Stony | |
| 305B | PaB | Paxton Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 305C | PaC | Paxton Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes | |
| 305D | PaD | Paxton Fine Sandy Loam, 15 To 25 Percent Slopes | |
| 306B | PnB | Paxton Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 306C | PnC | Paxton Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 306D | PnD | Paxton Fine Sandy Loam, 15 To 25 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 310B | WrB | Woodbridge Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 310C | WrC | Woodbridge Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes | |
| 311B | WsB | Woodbridge Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 311C | WsC | Woodbridge Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 311D | WsD | Woodbridge Fine Sandy Loam, 15 To 25 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 315B | SgB | Scituate Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 316B | ShB | Scituate Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 316C | ShC | Scituate Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 317B | SmB | Scituate Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes, Extremely Stony | |
| 318B | SoB | Scituate Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes, Extremely Bouldery | |
| 318C | SoC | Scituate Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes, Extremely Bouldery | |
| 323B | PoB | Poquonock Loamy Sand, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 323C | PoC | Poquonock Loamy Sand, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 323D | PoD | Poquonock Loamy Sand, 15 To 25 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 392E | PcE | Paxton And Montauk Fine Sandy Loams, 25 To 45 Percent Slopes, Extremely Stony | |
| 420B | Cab | Canton Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 420C | CaC | Canton Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 20 Percent Slopes | |
| 421B | CbB | Canton Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 421C | CbC | Canton Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 421D | CbD | Canton Fine Sandy Loam, 15 To 25 Percent Slopes, Very Stony | |
| 422B | CcB | Canton Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes, Extremely Stony | |
| 422C | CcC | Canton Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes, Extremely Stony | |
| 422D | CcD | Canton Fine Sandy Loam, 15 To 25 Percent Slopes, Extremely Stony | |
| 422E | CcE | Canton Fine Sandy Loam, 25 To 35 Percent Slopes, Extremely Stony | |
| 600 | Pg | Pits, Gravel | |
| 601 | Qu | Pits, Quarry | |
| 602 | Ur | Urban Land | |
| 607 | Water, Saline | Yes | |
| 610 | Ba | Beaches | |
| 616A | FF | Fluvaquents, Frequently Flooded, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 620B | BxB | Boxford-Urban Land Complex, Gently Sloping | |
| 622C | PdC | Paxton-Urban Land Complex, Sloping | |
| 626B | MnB | Merrimac-Urban Land Complex, Gently Sloping | |
| 628C | ChC | Canton-Urban Land Complex, Sloping | |
| 651 | UD | Udorthents, Smoothed | |
| 652 | Du | Udorthents, Refuse Substratum | |
| 702C | UAC | Udipsamments, Rolling | |
| 712A | Iw | Ipswich And Westbrook Mucky Peats, 0 To 1 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 714A | MeA | Melrose Fine Sandy Loam, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | |
| 714B | MeB | Melrose Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 720A | Wf | Whately Variant Mucky Fine Sandy Loam, 0 To 1 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 722B | AnB | Annisquam Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes, Extremely Bouldery | |
| 722C | AnC | Annisquam Fine Sandy Loam, 8 To 15 Percent Slopes, Extremely Bouldery | |
| 722E | AnE | Annisquam Fine Sandy Loam, 15 To 35 Percent Slopes, Extremely Bouldery | |
| 723A | ElA | Elmridge Fine Sandy Loam, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | |
| 723B | ElB | Elmridge Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | |
| 724C | HuC | Hollis-Urban Land-Rock Outcrop Complex, Sloping | |
| 725A | SpA | Shaker Fine Sandy Loam, 0 To 3 Percent Slopes | Yes |
| 725B | SpB | Shaker Fine Sandy Loam, 3 To 8 Percent Slopes | Yes |