IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brockton

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1993MA023002

User Pedon ID: S1993MA023002

Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MA023002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 93P0705

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66048

Print Date: 11/21/2024

LOCATION

Location In Web Soil Survey

AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.

Location in SoilWeb

Location in Google Maps

Std. Latitude: 41.6733322

Std. Longitude: -70.7822189

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Approximately 2000 feet N by NW of the intersection of Rt. 6 and Aucoot road in the town of Mattapoisett, MA.

State: Massachusetts

County: MA023—Plymouth

MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA023—Plymouth County, Massachusetts

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41070-F7—Marion, Massachusetts

PEDON

Describers Name: Jim Turenne, Pete Fletcher, Dick Scanv, Lea Ann Pytlick, Brian Lesinski, and George Lumis

Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic, shallow Histic Humaquepts

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 2

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Brockton

PSC - 60 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/8/2013

Classifier - Marissa Theve

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Sippican

Classificaton Date - 7/27/1993

Moisture Class - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: not reviewed

SITE

Parent Material: outwash derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock and/or till derived from igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock

Landscape: upland

Landform: swamp

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Position: depression

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: concave

Runoff: very low

Drainage Class: very poorly

Ponding: frequent ponding begining in dec

Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 7/27/1993 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 1-142

Microrelief Kind: microdepression

Microrelief Elevation: 2

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
CLETH NYSSA PIRI PIST VACO	Clethra Nyssa Pinus rigida Pinus strobus Vaccinium corymbosum	sweetpepperbush tupelo pitch pine eastern white pine highbush blueberry	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
histic epipedon fibric soil materials hemic soil materials sapric soil materials redox concentrations redox depletions with chroma 2 or less abrupt textural change densic contact densic materials lithologic discontinuity	0—35 0—2 2—11 11—35 35—101 35—101 101—0 101— 101— 101—	—- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-

Setting and Climate
Slope	Slope Length USLE	Upslope Length	Elev.	Corr. Elev	Aspect	MAP	REAP	FFD	MAAT	MSAT	MWAT	MAST	MSST	MWST	MFFP	PE Index	Climate Station ID	Climate Station Name	Climate Station Type
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
1	—	—	15	—	225	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); peat; loose; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04876

Oe—2 to 11 centimeters (0.8 to 4.3 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) oxidized and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed mucky peat; very friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04877

Oa1—11 to 24 centimeters (4.3 to 9.4 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) oxidized and very dark gray (5YR 3/1) rubbed muck; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P04878

Oa2—24 to 35 centimeters (9.4 to 13.8 inches); black (N 2/0) oxidized and black (N 2/0) rubbed muck; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04879. has a higher mineral content and more decomposed than Oa1.

Cg1—35 to 43 centimeters (13.8 to 16.9 inches); 80 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and 20 percent very dark gray (5YR 3/1) broken face sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 1 percent fine faint irregular gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent fine faint irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04880; moist when described;. dark pockets (5YR 3/1) in upper part of horizon; has higher organic material content, possibly a thin discontinuous A horizon.

Cg2—43 to 78 centimeters (16.9 to 30.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt coats on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04881; wet when described;. 1 mm silt coats on upper surface of cobbles and coarse gravel; bottom of clasts are clean; sample # 93P4884 is a subsample of this horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091847; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091847

C—78 to 101 centimeters (30.7 to 39.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) broken face gravelly sand; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt coats on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; 1 percent coarse prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse prominent irregular gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04882; wet when described;. mottle location, high chroma mottles in coarse sand, low chroma in finer sand; 1 mm silt coats on upper surface of cobbles and coarse gravel; bottom of clasts are clean.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091848; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091848

2Cd—101 to 101 centimeters (39.8 to 39.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face loamy sand; massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; very slow permeability; prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt coats on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; 5 percent fine irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 93P04883; moist when described;. 1 mm silt coats on upper surface of cobbles and coarse gravel; bottom of clasts are clean.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091849; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091849