Pedon Description Report - Rainbow Series 2333602

Print Date:

03/13/2003

Description Date:

04/26/2001

Describer:

Jim Turenne

Site ID:

MA023-2001-33602-Rainbow-S

Site Notes:

Pedon ID:

MA023-2001-33602-Rainbow-P

Pedon Notes:

Lab Source ID:

Lab Pedon #:

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

Pedon Type:

typical pedon for series

Pedon Purpose:

full pedon description

Taxon Kind:

series

Associated Soils:

Broadbrook, Brockton, Ridgebury, 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:

336A -- Rainbow silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, very stony

Quad Name:

Assawompset Pond, Massachusetts

Location Description:

167 meters West of Marion Road and 620 meters South of Long Point Road on Mad Mares Neck in the town of Middleboro on USGS Assawompsett Pond quadrangle.

Legal Description:

Latitude:

41 degrees 48 minutes 31.30 seconds north

Longitude:

70 degrees 52 minutes 59.20 seconds west

Datum:

NAD83

UTM Zone:

UTM Easting:

343575 meters

UTM Northing:

4630251 meters

Physiographic Division:

Appalachian Highlands

Physiographic Province:

New England Province

Physiographic Section:

Seaboard lowland section

State Physiographic Area:

Local Physiographic Area:

Mad Mares Neck

Geomorphic Setting:

shoulder of side slope of drumlinoid ridge on upland

Upslope Shape:

concave

Cross Slope Shape:

linear

Primary Earth Cover:

tree cover

Secondary Earth Cover:

intermixed conifers and hardwoods

Existing Vegetation:

eastern white pine, northern red oak

Parent Material:

eolian deposits over basal till

Bedrock Kind:

granodiorite

Bedrock Depth:

Bedrock Hardness:

Bedrock Fracture Interval:

Surface Fragments:

Particle Size Control Section:

25 to 97 cm.

Diagnostic Features:

fibric soil materials	0 to 3 cm.
ochric epipedon	0 to 8 cm.
hemic soil materials	3 to 5 cm.
cambic horizon	8 to 97 cm.
densic contact	97 cm.

Restrictions

Top Depth (cm)	Bottom Depth (cm)	Restriction Kind	Restriction Hardness
97		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)
2	30	90				1197		moderately well

Oi--0 to 3 centimeters; slightly decomposed plant material; clear smooth boundary.

Oe--3 to 5 centimeters; black (7.5YR 2/1) rubbed, moderately decomposed plant material; clear smooth boundary.

AE--5 to 8 centimeters; black (10YR 2/1) interior, fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; clear wavy boundary.

Bs--8 to 13 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) interior, very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many coarse roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; clear wavy boundary.

Bw1--13 to 41 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; common coarse roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 5 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter mixed rock fragments; clear wavy boundary.

Bw2--41 to 53 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, fine sandy loam; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; few fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout; 5 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter mixed rock fragments; clear wavy boundary.

Bw3--53 to 97 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, very fine sandy loam; massive; loose, slightly sticky, nonplastic; few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 15 percent coarse distinct irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 10 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter mixed rock fragments; abrupt irregular boundary.

2Cd--97 to 183 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine vesicular pores; 15 percent fine distinct irregular brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent medium distinct irregular brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent coarse distinct irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; 15 percent subangular 2- to 76-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 5 percent subangular 250- to 600-millimeter mixed rock fragments and 5 percent subangular 76- to 250-millimeter mixed rock fragments.