Carver PEDON DESCRIPTION S91-MA-023-002

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Print Date: 01/02/2006 Country:
Description Date: 06/01/1991 State: Massachusetts
Describer: P.C. Fletcher, Jim Turenne, Larry Brown County: Plymouth
Site ID: 91MA023002 MLRA: 149B -- Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
Site Note: Soil Survey Area:
Pedon ID: 91MA023002 Map Unit:
Pedon Note: Sampled by National Soil Survey Lab 6-3-91, Sunny dry 70's Associated soils are Deerfield, Freetoun, and Hinckley. Quad Name:
Lab Source ID: SSL Location Description:
Lab Pedon #: 91P0788 Legal Description:
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Carver Latitude: 41 degrees 48 minutes 14.00 seconds north
Soil Name as Correlated: Longitude: 70 degrees 40 minutes 2.00 seconds west
Classification: Datum:
Pedon Type: UTM Zone:
Pedon Purpose: full pedon description UTM Easting:
Taxon Kind: UTM Northing:
Associated Soils:
Physiographic Division: Primary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Province: Secondary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Section: Existing Vegetation: huckleberry
State Physiographic Area: Parent Material:
Local Physiographic Area: Bedrock Kind:
Geomorphic Setting: None Assigned Bedrock Depth:
Upslope Shape: Bedrock Hardness:
Cross Slope Shape: Bedrock Fracture Interval:
Particle Size Control Section: Surface Fragments: 0.0 percent
Diagnostic Features: ? to ? cm.
Cont. Site ID: 91MA023002 Pedon ID: 91MA023002

Slope (%) Elevation (meters) Aspect (deg) MAAT (C) MSAT (C) MWAT (C) MAP (mm) Frost-Free Days Drainage Class Slope Length (meters) Upslope Length (meters)
2.0 26.0 225




excessively


O i--10 to 0 centimeters ; abrupt wavy boundary.

O e--0 to 3 centimeters; (7.5YR 2/0) ; common fine and medium roots and many very fine roots; extremely acid, pH 4.2, Bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4592. Thin layer of charcoal on top of E 1/2 cm thick (sapric material); common fine and medium roots; many very fine roots

E--3 to 23 centimeters; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coarse sand; single grain; loose; few fine and medium roots and few very fine roots; extremely acid, pH 4.4, Bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4593. uncoated sand grains; few fine and medium roots; few very fine roots

B s--23 to 43 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy coarse sand; massive; very friable; few fine and medium roots and few very fine roots; 5 percent 2- to 75-millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, Bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4594. few fine and medium roots; few very fine roots

B w1--43 to 91 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy coarse sand; massive; very friable; few fine and medium roots and few very fine roots; 5 percent 2- to 75-millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, Bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4595. few fine and medium roots; few very fine roots

B w2--91 to 145 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse sand; massive; very friable; few fine to coarse roots and few very fine roots; 5 percent 2- to 75-millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, Chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4596. few fine to coarse roots; few very fine roots

BC--145 to 173 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse sand; single grain; loose; few very fine and fine roots; 10 percent 2- to 75-millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4597. thin gravelly layer-possible lag deposit, some wind abraided coarse sand; few very fine and fine roots

C 1--173 to 269 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent 2- to 75-millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4598

C 2--269 to 465 centimeters; pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent 2- to 75-millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 91P4599