Site Record ID: 7 Pedon Record ID: 7 Pedon ID: S08MA023003-Merrimac-P (forested) Site ID: S08MA023003-Merrimac-S (forested) Lab Pedon #:S08MA023003 Description Date: 8/18/2008 11:50:28 AM Print Date: 8/21/2008 Describer: Debbie Surabian, Donald Parizek, and Rob Tunstead Site Notes:Text: Waypoint # 829. Site located directly adjacent to water table well installed in 2000. Lisa Holden is property owner (508) 763-8571. Pedon Notes:Text: Site part of a paired analysis study using NSSL data. Soil Name As Described/Sampled: Merrimac Soil Name As Correlated: Classification: Sandy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Dystrudepts Pedon Type: Typical pedon for series Pedon Purpose: Full pedon description Taxon Kind: Series SSURGO MU: 254A - Merrimac sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA023 - Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Land Resource Region: R - Northeastern Forage and Forest Region
MLRA: 144A - New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
MLRA Soil Survey Area: SS144A - New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part MLRA Soil Survey
County or Parish: MA023 - Plymouth
State or Territory: MA - Massachusetts
Country: US - United States
7.5' Quad: 41070-F7 - Marion, Massachusetts
MLRA Region Office Area: 12 - Amherst, MA
Physiographic Division: AH - Appalachian Highlands
Physiographic Province: NE - New England Province
Physiographic Section: SLS - Seaboard lowland section
MLRA Survey Office Management Area: 12-6 - Windsor, Connecticut
Lat/Long: 41°44’20.4” north, 70°51’31.092” west UTM: 345441.6E, 4622467.6N -- Datum NAD83, Zone 19 Location Description: In a forested site in the town of Rochester, 39 meters directly North of Rounseville Road (Route 105) and 1,010 meters West-Southwest of the intersection of Vaughn Hill Road and Rounseville Road. Property owned by Lisa Holden and site of a water table monitoring well for town. Legal Description: Landscape: outwash plain Landform: outwash plain Microfeature: Anthropogenic Feature: Geomorphic Component: Tread Profile Pos: Backslope: on middle third Slope: 2 percent Elevation: 17.4 meters Aspect: 250° Shape:up/down: Linear; across: Linear Complexity: Simple Flooding: None Ponding: None Drainage: Somewhat excessively drained Runoff: Negligible Permeability: Moderately rapid Erosion: None - deposition Primary Earth Cover: Tree cover; Secondary Earth Cover: Intermixed conifers and hardwoods Existing Vegetation: VACO - highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum); SMILA2 - greenbrier (Smilax); CHIMA - prince's pine (Chimaphila); PIST - eastern white pine (Pinus strobus); QUVE - black oak (Quercus velutina) Parent Materials: sandy glaciofluvial deposits Bedrock: Particle Size Control Section: 25 to 100 centimeters Diagnostic Features: Ochric epipedon: 0 to 25 centimeters, Hemic soil material: 0 to 4 centimeters, Sapric soil material: 4 to 8 centimeters and Cambic horizon: 25 to 49 centimeters
Slope
Elevation
Aspect
MAAT
MSAT
MWAT
MAP
Frost-Free Days
Drainage Class
Slope Length
Upslope Length
2 percent
17.4 meters
250°
9.4° C
20.4° C
-1.9° C
1225 millimeters
201 days
somewhat excessively
Oe --- 0 to 4 centimeters; black (5YR 2.5/1) moist, rubbed and; black (5YR 2.5/1) moist, broken face, moderately decomposed plant material; many fine roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; extremely acid, pH 3.8, Bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary.
Oa --- 4 to 8 centimeters; 95 percent black (7.5YR 2.5/1) moist, broken face, 5 percent light gray (7.5YR 7/1) moist, exterior and black (7.5YR 2.5/1) moist, rubbed, highly decomposed plant material; many medium roots throughout, many fine roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; extremely acid, pH 4, Bromcresol green; 5% stripped sand albic materials as described above.; abrupt smooth boundary.
Ap --- 8 to 25 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) moist, interior, sandy loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) dry, interior; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; common coarse roots throughout, common medium roots throughout, many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; few fine tubular moderate continuity pores; 2 percent subrounded 2 to 76 millimeters mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; Pocket penetrometer readings 2.25, 1.25, & 1.25 original spring used.; abrupt smooth boundary.
Bw1 --- 25 to 49 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) moist, interior, sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; common coarse roots throughout, common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; few fine tubular low continuity pores; 5 percent subrounded 2 to 76 millimeters mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; Pocket penetrometer readings 1.75, 1.5, & 1.25; original spring used in measurements.; clear smooth boundary.
Bw2 --- 49 to 69 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) moist, interior, loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; common coarse roots throughout, common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; few fine tubular low continuity pores; 5 percent subrounded 2 to 76 millimeters mixed rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, Bromcresol green; Pocket penetrometer readings 0.75, 0.75, & 1; original spring used in readings.; clear smooth boundary.
C1 --- 69 to 117 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) moist, exterior, sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; very few medium roots throughout, very few fine roots throughout and very few very fine roots throughout; many very fine interstitial low continuity pores; 8 percent subrounded 2 to 76 millimeters mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; Pocket penetrometer readings 0.75, 0.5, & 0.75; Lee spring used in readings.; abrupt smooth boundary.
C2 --- 117 to 200 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) moist, exterior, stratified, gravelly sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; many very fine interstitial low continuity pores; 25 percent subrounded 2 to 76 millimeters mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; Lenses of fine sand throughout horizon indicative of stratification. Pocket penetrometer readings 1.5, 0.5, & 0; Lee spring used in readings..
