Pedon Description Report - Tihonet Series 2365701

Print Date:

01/10/2003

Description Date:

10/01/2000

Describer:

Jim Turenne and Rob Tunstead

Site ID:

MA023-2000-65701-Tihonet-S

Site Notes:

Pedon ID:

MA023-2000-65701-Tihonet-P

Pedon Notes:

Lab Source ID:

Lab Pedon #:

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:	Tihonet
Soil Name as Correlated:
Classification:	Mixed, mesic Typic Psammaquents

Pedon Type:

typical pedon for series

Pedon Purpose:

full pedon description

Taxon Kind:

series

Associated Soils:

Udipsamments, Udipsamments, wet

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:

657A -- Aquents

Quad Name:

Cohasset, Massachusetts

Location Description:

From the intersection of Main Street and Union Street 0.32 miles West, 0.3 miles North of Cedar Street and 490 feet East of the Cedar School in Hanover, Massachusetts.

Legal Description:

Latitude:

42 degrees 7 minutes 56.89 seconds north

Longitude:

70 degrees 51 minutes 55.22 seconds west

Datum:

NAD83

UTM Zone:

UTM Easting:

345835 meters

UTM Northing:

4666168 meters

Physiographic Division:

Atlantic Lowland

Physiographic Province:

New England Province

Physiographic Section:

Seaboard lowland section

State Physiographic Area:

Local Physiographic Area:

Geomorphic Setting:

toeslope of base slope of leveled land on outwash plain

Upslope Shape:

linear

Cross Slope Shape:

linear

Primary Earth Cover:

artificial cover

Secondary Earth Cover:

other grass/herbaceous cover

Existing Vegetation:

goldenrod, red maple, rush, sensitive fern

Parent Material:

sandy glaciofluvial deposits

Bedrock Kind:

Bedrock Depth:

Bedrock Hardness:

Bedrock Fracture Interval:

Surface Fragments:

Particle Size Control Section:

25 to 100 cm.

Diagnostic Features:

ochric epipedon	0 to 5 cm.
hemic soil materials	0 to 5 cm.
aquic conditions	5 cm.

Restrictions

Top Depth (cm)	Bottom Depth (cm)	Restriction Kind	Restriction Hardness

Slope (%)	Elevation (meters)	Aspect (deg)	MAAT (C)	MSAT (C)	MWAT (C)	MAP (mm)	Frost Free Days	Drainage Class	Slope Length (meters)	Upslope Length (meters)
0	24	0				1273		poorly

Oe--0 to 5 centimeters; dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) rubbed and black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face, moderately decomposed plant material; many fine roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.

C1--5 to 9 centimeters; olive gray (5Y 5/2) broken face, sand; single grain; loose, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; common fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; 7 percent coarse prominent dendritic dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores and 3 percent fine prominent spherical dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent subrounded 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.

Cg2--9 to 15 centimeters; olive gray (5Y 5/2) broken face, fine sand; single grain; loose, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; few very fine roots throughout; moderately acid, pH 5.8, Chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.

Cg3--15 to 43 centimeters; olive gray (5Y 5/2) broken face, sand; single grain; loose, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; moderately acid, pH 5.8, Chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.

Cg4--43 to 183 centimeters; dark gray (5Y 4/1) broken face, fine sand; single grain; loose, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; moderately acid, pH 5.8, Chlorophenol red.