Pedon Description Report - Montauk Series 2330006

Print Date:

02/11/2003

Description Date:

11/03/1998

Describer:

Meredith Ashworth

Site ID:

MA023-1998-30006-Montauk-S

Site Notes:

Pedon ID:

MA023-1998-30006-Montauk-P

Pedon Notes:

Lab Source ID:

Lab Pedon #:

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:	Montauk
Soil Name as Correlated:
Classification:

Pedon Type:

modal pedon for series

Pedon Purpose:

full pedon description

Taxon Kind:

series

Associated Soils:

Paxton, Scituate, Woodbridge

Location Information

Country:

State:

Massachusetts

County:

PLYMOUTH

MLRA:

144A -- New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

Soil Survey Area:

MA023 -- Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Map Unit:

300B -- Montauk fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes

Quad Name:

Plympton, Massachusetts

Location Description:

Directly opposite of Daniel Street and just off of Chestnut Street in town of Middleborough on Plympton quadrangle.

Legal Description:

Latitude:

Longitude:

Datum:

NAD83

UTM Zone:

UTM Easting:

345187 meters

UTM Northing:

4639645 meters

Physiographic Division:

Atlantic Lowland

Physiographic Province:

New England Province

Physiographic Section:

Seaboard lowland section

State Physiographic Area:

Local Physiographic Area:

Middleborough

Geomorphic Setting:

shoulder of

Upslope Shape:

convex

Cross Slope Shape:

convex

Primary Earth Cover:

tree cover

Secondary Earth Cover:

intermixed conifers and hardwoods

Existing Vegetation:

eastern white pine, northern red oak, white oak

Parent Material:

sandy lodgement till

Bedrock Kind:

Bedrock Depth:

Bedrock Hardness:

Bedrock Fracture Interval:

Surface Fragments:

Particle Size Control Section:

25 to 53 cm.

Diagnostic Features:

fibric soil materials	0 to 4 cm.
ochric epipedon	0 to 9 cm.
hemic soil materials	4 to 8 cm.
cambic horizon	9 to 53 cm.
densic materials	53 cm.

Restrictions

Top Depth (cm)	Bottom Depth (cm)	Restriction Kind	Restriction Hardness
53		densic material

Slope (%)	Elevation (meters)	Aspect (deg)	MAAT (C)	MSAT (C)	MWAT (C)	MAP (mm)	Frost Free Days	Drainage Class	Slope Length (meters)	Upslope Length (meters)
1	45	0				1197		well

Oi--0 to 4 centimeters; slightly decomposed plant material.

Oe--4 to 8 centimeters; very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moderately decomposed plant material; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout.

A--8 to 9 centimeters; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, sandy loam; weak fine granular structure, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; semideformable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; abrupt wavy boundary.

Bw1--9 to 19 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, sandy loam; massive; friable; semideformable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; clear wavy boundary.

Bw2--19 to 53 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, sandy loam; massive; friable; semideformable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; 2 percent subrounded 75- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 5 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.

2Cd1--53 to 77 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, gravelly sandy loam; massive; firm; deformable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent subangular 75- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 30 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; clear wavy boundary.

2Cd2--77 to 165 centimeters; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, gravelly loamy sand; weak very fine platy structure; very firm; brittle; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 10 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 5 percent subangular 75- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 20 percent subangular 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments.