PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS SOIL SURVEY UPDATE
Haven Soils: Very deep, nearly level, well drained soil formed in areas of loamy wind blown material (eolian) underlain by stratified sand and gravel. Haven soils are on glacial outwash plains, deltas, valley trains and water-sorted moraine deposits.
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Official
Series Description
Haven Pedon Description 2325101
Map
Unit (s): 251A, 251B, 251C
Map
Phases:
251B Haven very fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes.
251C Haven very fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes.
Taxonomic
Classification: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy skeletal,
mixed, mesic, Typic Dystrochrepts.
Drainage
Class: Well drained.
Parent
Material: very fine sandy loam eolian deposits, underlain by
fluvial deposits.
Permeability:
Rapid to moderately rapid in the solum, slow in the substratum.
Available
Water Holding Capacity: Low.
Soil
Reaction: Moderate to slightly acid in the solum and strongly
acid to neutral in the substratum.
Depth
to Bedrock: Greater than 65 inches.
Seasonal
High Watertable: Depth: greater than 5 feet.
Type: Apparent.
Months:
Hydrologic
Group: A.
Hydric
Soil: No.
Flooding/Ponding
Potential: Frequency and Type: None.
Potential
Inclusions: Windsor, Merrimac and Barnstable soils are
similar inclusions. . Moderately well drained Sudbury and Scio
soils are on lower elevations. poorly drained Walpole soils are
along drainageways.
Soil Suitability:
Agriculture: Map units 251A and 251B are prime farmland map units. 251C is an important farmland map unit.
Woodland: Well suited for woodland.
Development: No major limitations for development. Erosion problems are common upon excavation.