Wapanucket Pedon Description 2322705

Print Date: 8/9/02
Description Date: 6/26/96
Describer: Meredith Ashworth and Rob Tunstead

Site ID: 2322705

Site Note:

Pedon ID: 2322705
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Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Wapanucket
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Classification:

Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts

Pedon Type: within range of series
Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
Taxon Kind: series

Location Information

County:

Plymouth

State:

Massachusetts

MLRA:

149B -- Long Island-cape Cod Coastal Lowland

Soil Survey Area:

MA023 -- Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Map Unit:

227B -- Wapanucket loamy sand, 3 to 8 %

Location Description:

West of the Pine Hills and Manomet Hill. East of Eel River. North of Howland Pond. At corner of intersection of Clifford and Doten roads in town of Plymouth.

Legal Description:

Latitude: 41 degrees 55 minutes 43 seconds north
Longitude: 70 degrees 36 minutes 55 seconds west
Datum: NAD83
UTM Zone: 19
UTM Easting: 366150 meters
UTM Northing: 4642950 meters

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Geomorphic Setting:

shoulder of head slope of delta
shoulder of head slope of lake plain

Upslope Shape: concave
Cross Slope Shape: concave

Primary Earth Cover: grass/herbaceous cover
Secondary Earth Cover: hayland

Parent Material:

glaciofluvial deposits over lacustrine deposits

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Surface Fragments:

Particle Size Control Section: 25 to 100 cm.

Diagnostic Features:

ochric epipedon 0 to 24 cm.
cambic horizon 24 to 59 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)
6	12	225	9	20	-2	1234		well

Ap--0 to 24 cm; dark brown (10YR 3/3), sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 1 percent subrounded 2 to 75 millimeter mixed rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary.

Bw--24 to 59 cm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 2 percent subrounded 2 to 75 millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt wavy boundary.

C--59 to 94 cm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots around fragments and few fine roots around fragments; 20 percent subrounded 2 to 75 millimeter mixed rock fragments and 2 percent subrounded 75 to 250 millimeter mixed rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5; abrupt wavy boundary.

2C1--94 to 161 cm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), silt loam; massive; firm; 1 percent fine distinct cylindrical light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions throughout and 1 percent medium distinct cylindrical light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions throughout and 2 percent fine prominent cylindrical yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 2 percent medium prominent cylindrical yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent subrounded 2 to 75 millimeter mixed rock fragments and 1 percent subangular 75 to 250 millimeter mixed rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5; abrupt wavy boundary.

2C2--161 to 180 cm; brown (10YR 4/3), sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent fine distinct irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, manganese masses throughout and 1 percent medium distinct irregular dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, manganese masses throughout and 2 percent fine prominent irregular olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 2 percent medium prominent irregular olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 2 percent fine prominent irregular pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), moist, iron depletions throughout and 2 percent medium prominent irregular pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), moist, iron depletions throughout; 2 percent rounded 2 to 75 millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt wavy boundary.

2C3--180 to 196 cm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), silt loam; massive; firm; 3 percent fine prominent irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 3 percent medium prominent irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 4 percent fine faint irregular light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions throughout and 4 percent medium faint irregular light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions throughout; very strongly acid, pH 5.