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Custom Soil Resource
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Connecticut
October 29, 2014
Preface
Soil surveys contain information that affects land use planning in survey areas. They
highlight soil limitations that affect various land uses and provide information about
the properties of the soils in the survey areas. Soil surveys are designed for many
different users, including farmers, ranchers, foresters, agronomists, urban planners,
community officials, engineers, developers, builders, and home buyers. Also,
conservationists, teachers, students, and specialists in recreation, waste disposal,
and pollution control can use the surveys to help them understand, protect, or enhance
the environment.
Various land use regulations of Federal, State, and local governments may impose
special restrictions on land use or land treatment. Soil surveys identify soil properties
that are used in making various land use or land treatment decisions. The information
is intended to help the land users identify and reduce the effects of soil limitations on
various land uses. The landowner or user is responsible for identifying and complying
with existing laws and regulations.
Although soil survey information can be used for general farm, local, and wider area
planning, onsite investigation is needed to supplement this information in some cases.
Examples include soil quality assessments (http://www.nres.usda.govtwps/portal/
nres/main/soils/health/) and certain conservation and engineering applications. For
more detailed information, contact your local USDA Service Center (http://
offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app?agency=nres) or your NRCS State Soil
Scientist (http://www.nres.usda.gov/wps/portal/nres/detail/soils/contactus/?
cid=nres142p2_053951).
Great differences in soil properties can occur within short distances. Some soils are
seasonally wet or subject to flooding. Some are too unstable to be used as a
foundation for buildings or roads. Clayey or wet soils are poorly suited to use as septic
tank absorption fields. A high water table makes a soil poorly suited to basements or
underground installations.
The National Cooperative Soil Survey is a joint effort of the United States Department
of Agriculture and other Federal agencies, State agencies including the Agricultural
Experiment Stations, and local agencies. The Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) has leadership for the Federal part of the National Cooperative Soil
Survey.
Information about soils is updated periodically. Updated information is available
through the NRCS Web Soil Survey, the site for official soil survey information.
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Contents
Preface....................................................................................................................2
How Soil Surveys Are Made..................................................................................5
SoilMap..................................................................................................................7
SoilMap................................................................................................................8
Legend..................................................................................................................9
MapUnit Legend................................................................................................10
MapUnit Descriptions........................................................................................10
State of Connecticut........................................................................................12
29A—Agawam fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes...............................12
32A—Haven and Enfield soils, 0 to 3 percent slopes.................................13
3213—Haven and Enfield soils, 3 to 8 percent slopes.................................15
65D—Cheshire fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely
stony.................................................................................................
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66C—Narragansett silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes .............................
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References..........................................................................................................22
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Haw Soil Surveys Are Made
Soil surveys are made to provide information about the soils and miscellaneous areas
in a specific area. They include a description of the soils and miscellaneous areas and
their location on the landscape and tables that show soil properties and limitations
affecting various uses. Soil scientists observed the steepness, length, and shape of
the slopes; the general pattern of drainage; the kinds of crops and native plants; and
the kinds of bedrock. They observed and described many soil profiles. A soil profile is
the sequence of natural layers, or horizons, in a soil. The profile extends from the
surface down into the unconsolidated material in which the soil formed or from the
surface down to bedrock. The unconsolidated material is devoid of roots and other
living organisms and has not been changed by other biological activity.
Currently, soils are mapped according to the boundaries of major land resource areas
(MLRAs). MLRAs are geographically associated land resource units that share
common characteristics related to physiography, geology, climate, water resources,
soils, biological resources, and land uses (USDA, 2006). Soil survey areas typically
consist of parts of one or more MLRA.
The soils and miscellaneous areas in a survey area occur in an orderly pattern that is
related to the geology, landforms, relief, climate, and natural vegetation of the area.
Each kind of soil and miscellaneous area is associated with a particular kind of
landform or with a segment of the landform. By observing the soils and miscellaneous
areas in the survey area and relating their position to specific segments of the
landform, a soil scientist develops a concept, or model, of how they were formed. Thus,
during mapping, this model enables the soil scientist to predict with a considerable
degree of accuracy the kind of soil or miscellaneous area at a specific location on the
landscape.
Commonly, individual soils on the landscape merge into one another as their
characteristics gradually change. To construct an accurate soil map, however, soil
scientists must determine the boundaries between the soils. They can observe only
a limited number of soil profiles. Nevertheless, these observations, supplemented by
an understanding of the soil -vegetation -landscape relationship, are sufficient to verify
predictions of the kinds of soil in an area and to determine the boundaries.
Soil scientists recorded the characteristics of the soil profiles that they studied. They
noted soil color, texture, size and shape of soil aggregates, kind and amount of rock
fragments, distribution of plant roots, reaction, and other features that enable them to
identify soils. After describing the soils in the survey area and determining their
properties, the soil scientists assigned the soils to taxonomic classes (units).
Taxonomic classes are concepts. Each taxonomic class has a set of soil
characteristics with precisely defined limits. The classes are used as a basis for
comparison to classify soils systematically. Soil taxonomy, the system of taxonomic
classification used in the United States, is based mainly on the kind and character of
soil properties and the arrangement of horizons within the profile. After the soil
scientists classified and named the soils in the survey area, they compared the
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individual soils with similar soils in the same taxonomic class in other areas so that
they could confirm data and assemble additional data based on experience and
research.
The objective of soil mapping is not to delineate pure map unit components; the
objective is to separate the landscape into landforms or landform segments that have
similar use and management requirements. Each map unit is defined by a unique
combination of soil components and/or miscellaneous areas in predictable
proportions. Some components may be highly contrasting to the other components of
the map unit. The presence of minor components in a map unit in no way diminishes
the usefulness or accuracy of the data. The delineation of such landforms and
landform segments on the map provides sufficient information for the development of
resource plans. If intensive use of small areas is planned, onsite investigation is
needed to define and locate the soils and miscellaneous areas.
Soil scientists make many field observations in the process of producing a soil map.
The frequency of observation is dependent upon several factors, including scale of
mapping, intensity of mapping, design of map units, complexity of the landscape, and
experience of the soil scientist. Observations are made to test and refine the soil -
landscape model and predictions and to verify the classification of the soils at specific
locations. Once the soil -landscape model is refined, a significantly smaller number of
measurements of individual soil properties are made and recorded. These
measurements may include field measurements, such as those for color, depth to
bedrock, and texture, and laboratory measurements, such as those for content of
sand, silt, clay, salt, and other components. Properties of each soil typically vary from
one point to another across the landscape.
Observations for map unit components are aggregated to develop ranges of
characteristics for the components. The aggregated values are presented. Direct
measurements do not exist for every property presented for every map unit
component. Values for some properties are estimated from combinations of other
properties.
While a soil survey is in progress, samples of some of the soils in the area generally
are collected for laboratory analyses and for engineering tests. Soil scientists interpret
the data from these analyses and tests as well as the field -observed characteristics
and the soil properties to determine the expected behavior of the soils under different
uses. Interpretations for all of the soils are field tested through observation of the soils
in different uses and under different levels of management. Some interpretations are
modified to fit local conditions, and some new interpretations are developed to meet
local needs. Data are assembled from other sources, such as research information,
production records, and field experience of specialists. For example, data on crop
yields under defined levels of management are assembled from farm records and from
field or plot experiments on the same kinds of soil.
Predictions about soil behavior are based not only on soil properties but also on such
variables as climate and biological activity. Soil conditions are predictable over long
periods of time, but they are not predictable from year to year. For example, soil
scientists can predict with a fairly high degree of accuracy that a given soil will have
a high water table within certain depths in most years, but they cannot predict that a
high water table will always be at a specific level in the soil on a specific date.
After soil scientists located and identified the significant natural bodies of soil in the
survey area, they drew the boundaries of these bodies on aerial photographs and
identified each as a specific map unit. Aerial photographs show trees, buildings, fields,
roads, and rivers, all of which help in locating boundaries accurately.
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The soil map section includes the soil map for the defined area of interest, a list of soil
map units on the map and extent of each map unit, and cartographic symbols
displayed on the map. Also presented are various metadata about data used to
produce the map, and a description of each soil map unit.
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Map Unit Legend
State of Connecticut (CT600)
Map Unit Symbol
Map Unit Name
Acres in AOI
Percent of AOI '
29A
Agawam fine sandy loam, 0 to 3
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Haven and Enfield soils, 0 to 3
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33.6%
percent slopes
32B
Haven and Enfield soils, 3 to 8
3.2
38.8%
percent slopes
65D
Cheshire fine sandy loam, 15 to
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2.9%
35 percent slopes, extremely
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Narragansett silt loam, 8 to 15
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Totals for Area of Interest
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Map Unit Descriptions
The map units delineated on the detailed soil maps in a soil survey represent the soils
or miscellaneous areas in the survey area. The map unit descriptions, along with the
maps, can be used to determine the composition and properties of a unit.
A map unit delineation on a soil map represents an area dominated by one or more
major kinds of soil or miscellaneous areas. A map unit is identified and named
according to the taxonomic classification of the dominant soils. Within a taxonomic
class there are precisely defined limits for the properties of the soils. On the landscape,
however, the soils are natural phenomena, and they have the characteristic variability
of all natural phenomena. Thus, the range of some observed properties may extend
beyond the limits defined for a taxonomic class. Areas of soils of a single taxonomic
class rarely, if ever, can be mapped without including areas of other taxonomic
classes. Consequently, every map unit is made up of the soils or miscellaneous areas
for which it is named and some minor components that belong to taxonomic classes
other than those of the major soils.
Most minor soils have properties similar to those of the dominant soil or soils in the
map unit, and thus they do not affect use and management. These are called
noncontrasting, or similar, components. They may or may not be mentioned in a
particular map unit description. Other minor components, however, have properties
and behavioral characteristics divergent enough to affect use or to require different
management. These are called contrasting, or dissimilar, components. They generally
are in small areas and could not be mapped separately because of the scale used.
Some small areas of strongly contrasting soils or miscellaneous areas are identified
by a special symbol on the maps. If included in the database for a given area, the
contrasting minor components are identified in the map unit descriptions along with
some characteristics of each. A few areas of minor components may not have been
observed, and consequently they are not mentioned in the descriptions, especially
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where the pattern was so complex that it was impractical to make enough observations
to identify all the soils and miscellaneous areas on the landscape.
The presence of minor components in a map unit in no way diminishes the usefulness
or accuracy of the data. The objective of mapping is not to delineate pure taxonomic
classes but rather to separate the landscape into landforms or landform segments that
have similar use and management requirements. The delineation of such segments
on the map provides sufficient information for the development of resource plans. If
intensive use of small areas is planned, however, onsite investigation is needed to
define and locate the soils and miscellaneous areas.
An identifying symbol precedes the map unit name in the map unit descriptions. Each
description includes general facts about the unit and gives important soil properties
and qualities.
Soils that have profiles that are almost alike make up a soil series. Except for
differences in texture of the surface layer, all the soils of a series have major horizons
that are similar in composition, thickness, and arrangement.
Soils of one series can differ in texture of the surface layer, slope, stoniness, salinity,
degree of erosion, and other characteristics that affect their use. On the basis of such
differences, a soil series is divided into soil phases. Most of the areas shown on the
detailed soil maps are phases of soil series. The name of a soil phase commonly
indicates a feature that affects use or management. For example, Alpha silt loam, 0
to 2 percent slopes, is a phase of the Alpha series.
Some map units are made up of two or more major soils or miscellaneous areas.
These map units are complexes, associations, or undifferentiated groups.
A complex consists of two or more soils or miscellaneous areas in such an intricate
pattern or in such small areas that they cannot be shown separately on the maps. The
pattern and proportion of the soils or miscellaneous areas are somewhat similar in all
areas. Alpha -Beta complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, is an example.
An association is made up of two or more geographically associated soils or
miscellaneous areas that are shown as one unit on the maps. Because of present or
anticipated uses of the map units in the survey area, it was not considered practical
or necessary to map the soils or miscellaneous areas separately. The pattern and
relative proportion of the soils or miscellaneous areas are somewhat similar. Alpha -
Beta association, 0 to 2 percent slopes, is an example.
An undifferentiated group is made up of two or more soils or miscellaneous areas that
could be mapped individually but are mapped as one unit because similar
interpretations can be made for use and management. The pattern and proportion of
the soils or miscellaneous areas in a mapped area are not uniform. An area can be
made up of only one of the major soils or miscellaneous areas, or it can be made up
of all of them. Alpha and Beta soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes, is an example.
Some surveys include miscellaneous areas. Such areas have little or no soil material
and support little or no vegetation. Rock outcrop is an example.
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State of Connecticut
29A—Agawam fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Map Unit Setting
National map unit symbol. 2tygw
Elevation: 0 to 1,040 feet
Mean annual precipitation: 36 to 71 inches
Mean annual air temperature: 39 to 55 degrees F
Frost -free period. 140 to 250 days
Farmland classification: All areas are prime farmland
Map Unit Composition
Agawam and similar soils: 85 percent
Minor components: 15 percent
Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit
Description of Agawam
Setting
Landform: Outwash terraces, outwash plains, kame terraces, kames, moraines
Landform position (two-dimensional): Backslope, shoulder, footslope, summit
Landform position (three-dimensional): Crest, side slope, riser, tread, rise, dip
Down -slope shape: Convex
Across -slope shape: Convex
Parent material: Coarse -loamy eolian deposits over sandy and gravelly glaciofluvial
deposits derived from gneiss, granite, schist, and/or phyllite
Typical profile
Ap - 0 to 11 inches: fine sandy loam
Bw1 - 11 to 16 inches: fine sandy loam
Bw2 - 16 to 26 inches: fine sandy loam
2C1 - 26 to 39 inches: loamy fine sand
2C2 - 39 to 55 inches: loamy fine sand
2C3 - 55 to 65 inches: loamy sand
Properties and qualities
Slope: 0 to 3 percent
Depth to restrictive feature: 15 to 35 inches to strongly contrasting textural
stratification
Natural drainage class: Well drained
Runoff class: Very low
Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately low to high
(0.14 to 14.17 in/hr)
Depth to water table: More than 80 inches
Frequency of flooding: None
Frequency of ponding: None
Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm)
Available water storage in profile: Low (about 3.4 inches)
Interpretive groups
Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified
Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 2s
Hydrologic Soil Group: B
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Minor Components
Ninigret
Percent of map unit: 5 percent
Landform: Terraces
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Concave
Windsor
Percent of map unit: 4 percent
Landform: Outwash plains, outwash terraces, deltas, dunes
Landform position (three-dimensional): Tread, riser
Down -slope shape: Linear, convex
Across -slope shape: Linear, convex
Walpole
Percent of map unit: 3 percent
Landform: Outwash plains, depressions, outwash terraces, depressions, deltas
Landform position (two-dimensional): Toeslope
Landform position (three-dimensional): Tread, dip, talf
Down -slope shape: Concave
Across -slope shape: Concave
Hinckley
Percent of map unit. 3 percent
Landform: Outwash plains, eskers, kames, deltas
Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder, backslope
Landform position (three-dimensional): Head slope, crest, side slope, nose slope,
rise
Down -slope shape: Convex
Across -slope shape: Linear, convex
32A—Haven and Enfield soils, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Map Unit Setting
National map unit symbol: 91mr
Elevation: 0 to 1,200 feet
Mean annual precipitation: 43 to 54 inches
Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 55 degrees F
Frost -free period: 140 to 185 days
Farmland classification: All areas are prime farmland
Map Unit Composition
Haven and similar soils: 60 percent
Enfield and similar soils: 25 percent
Minor components: 15 percent
Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit.
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Description of Haven
Setting
Landform: Outwash plains, terraces
Down -slope shape: Convex
Across -slope shape: Linear
Parent material: Coarse -loamy eolian deposits over sandy and gravelly glaciofluvial
deposits derived from granite and/or schist and/or gneiss
Typical profile
Ap - 0 to 7 inches: silt loam
Bw1 - 7 to 14 inches: silt loam
Bw2 - 14 to 20 inches: silt loam
BC - 20 to 24 inches: fine sandy loam
2C - 24 to 60 inches: stratified very gravelly sand to gravelly fine sand
Properties and qualities
Slope: 0 to 3 percent
Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches
Natural drainage class: Well drained
Runoff class: Low
Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to high
(0.57 to 1.98 in/hr)
Depth to water table: More than 80 inches
Frequency of flooding: None
Frequency of ponding: None
Available water storage in profile: Low (about 5.1 inches)
Interpretive groups
Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified
Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 1
Hydrologic Soil Group: B
Description of Enfield
Setting
Landform: Outwash plains, terraces
Down -slope shape: Convex
Across -slope shape: Linear
Parent material: Coarse -silty eolian deposits over sandy and gravelly glaciofluvial
deposits derived from granite and/or schist and/or gneiss
Typical profile
O - 0 to 3 inches: slightly decomposed plant material
O - 3 to 4 inches: moderately decomposed plant material
Ap - 4 to 12 inches: silt loam
Bw1 - 12 to 20 inches: silt loam
Bw2 - 20 to 26 inches: silt loam
Bw3 - 26 to 30 inches: silt loam
2C - 30 to 37 inches: stratified coarse sand to very gravelly loamy sand
3C - 37 to 65 inches: stratified very gravelly coarse sand to loamy sand
Properties and qualities
Slope: 0 to 3 percent
Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches
Natural drainage class: Well drained
Runoff class: Low
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Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to high
(0.57 to 1.98 in/hr)
Depth to water table: More than 80 inches
Frequency of flooding: None
Frequency of ponding: None
Available waterstorage in profile: Moderate (about 6.6 inches)
Interpretive groups
Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified
Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 1
Hydrologic Soil Group: B
Minor Components
Agawam
Percent of map unit: 4 percent
Landform: Outwash plains, terraces
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Linear
Branford
Percent of map unit., 3 percent
Landform: Outwash plains, terraces
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Linear
Raypol
Percent of map unit: 2 percent
Landform: Depressions, drainageways
Down -slope shape: Concave
Across -slope shape: Concave
Ninigret
Percent of map unit: 2 percent
Landform: Outwash plains, terraces
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Concave
Unnamed, gravelly surface
Percent of map unit. 2 percent
Tisbury
Percent of map unit: 2 percent
Landform: Outwash plains, terraces
Down -slope shape: Concave
Across -slope shape: Linear
3213—Haven and Enfield soils, 3 to 8 percent slopes
Map Unit Setting
National map unit symbol: 91ms
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Elevation: 0 to 1,200 feet
Mean annual precipitation: 43 to 54 inches
Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 55 degrees F
Frost -free period. 140 to 185 days
Farmland classification: All areas are prime farmland
Map Unit Composition
Haven and similar soils: 60 percent
Enfield and similar soils: 25 percent
Minor components: 15 percent
Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit.
Description of Haven
Setting
Landform: Outwash plains, terraces
Down -slope shape: Convex
Across -slope shape: Linear
Parent material: Coarse -loamy eolian deposits over sandy and gravelly glaciofluvial
deposits derived from granite and/or schist and/or gneiss
Typical profile
Ap - 0 to 7 inches: silt loam
Bw1 - 7 to 14 inches: silt loam
Bw2 - 14 to 20 inches: silt loam
BC - 20 to 24 inches: fine sandy loam
2C - 24 to 60 inches: stratified very gravelly sand to gravelly fine sand
Properties and qualities
Slope: 3 to 8 percent
Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches
Natural drainage class: Well drained
Runoff class: Low
Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to high
(0.57 to 1.98 in/hr)
Depth to watertable: More than 80 inches
Frequency of flooding: None
Frequency of ponding: None
Available water storage in profile: Low (about 5.1 inches)
Interpretive groups
Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified
Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 2e
Hydrologic Soil Group: B
Description of Enfield
Setting
Landform: Outwash plains, terraces
Down -slope shape: Convex
Across -slope shape: Linear
Parent material: Coarse -silty eolian deposits over sandy and gravelly glaciofluvial
deposits derived from granite and/or schist and/or gneiss
Typical profile
O - 0 to 3 inches: slightly decomposed plant material
O - 3 to 4 inches: moderately decomposed plant material
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Ap - 4 to 12 inches: silt loam
Bw1 - 12 to 20 inches: silt loam
Bw2 - 20 to 26 inches: silt loam
Bw3 - 26 to 30 inches: silt loam
2C - 30 to 37 inches: stratified coarse sand to very gravelly loamy sand
3C - 37 to 65 inches: stratified very gravelly coarse sand to loamy sand
Properties and qualities
Slope: 3 to 8 percent
Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches
Natural drainage class: Well drained
Runoff class: Medium
Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to high
(0.57 to 1.98 in/hr)
Depth to water table: More than 80 inches
Frequency of flooding: None
Frequency of ponding: None
Available water storage in profile: Moderate (about 6.6 inches)
Interpretive groups
Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified
Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 2e
Hydrologic Soil Group: B
Minor Components
Agawam
Percent of map unit. 4 percent
Landform: Outwash plains, terraces
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Linear
Branford
Percent of map unit: 3 percent
Landform: Outwash plains, terraces
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Linear
Unnamed, gravelly surface
Percent of map unit. 2 percent
Tisbury
Percent of map unit: 2 percent
Landform: Outwash plains, terraces
Down -slope shape: Concave
Across -slope shape: Linear
Ninigret
Percent of map unit: 2 percent
Landform: Outwash plains, terraces
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Concave
Raypol
Percent of map unit. 2 percent
Landform: Depressions, drainageways
Down -slope shape: Concave
Across -slope shape: Concave
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65D—Cheshire fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony
Map Unit Setting
National map unit symbol., 9lg2
Elevation: 0 to 1,200 feet
Mean annual precipitation: 43 to 54 inches
Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 55 degrees F
Frost -free period., 140 to 185 days
Farmland classification: Not prime farmland
Map Unit Composition
Cheshire and similar soils: 80 percent
Minor components: 20 percent
Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit.
Description of Cheshire
Setting
Landform: Hills, till plains
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Linear
Parent material: Coarse -loamy melt -out till derived from basalt and/or sandstone
and shale
Typical profile
Ap - 0 to 8 inches: fine sandy loam
Bw1 - 8 to 16 inches: fine sandy loam
Bw2 - 16 to 26 inches: fine sandy loam
C - 26 to 65 inches: gravelly sandy loam
Properties and qualities
Slope: 15 to 35 percent
Percent of area covered with surface fragments: 9.0 percent
Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches
Natural drainage class: Well drained
Runoff class: Medium
Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to high
(0.57 to 5.95 in/hr)
Depth to water table: More than 80 inches
Frequency of flooding: None
Frequency of ponding: None
Available water storage in profile: Moderate (about 7.8 inches)
Interpretive groups
Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified
Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 7s
Hydrologic Soil Group: B
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Minor Components
Wilbraham
Percent of map unit:
5 percent
Landform: Depressions, drainageways
Down -slope shape:
Concave
Across -slope shape:
Concave
Yalesville
Percent of map unit:
5 percent
Landform: Hills, ridges
Down -slope shape:
Convex
Across -slope shape:
Linear
Wethersfield
Percent of map unit.
5 percent
Landform: Drumlins,
hills
Down -slope shape:
Linear
Across -slope shape:
Convex
Watchaug
Percent of map unit:
3 percent
Landform: Hills, till plains
Down -slope shape:
Linear
Across -slope shape:
Concave
Menlo
Percent of map unit.
2 percent
Landform: Depressions,
drainageways
Down -slope shape:
Concave
Across -slope shape:
Concave
66C—Narragansett silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
Map Unit Setting
National map unit symbol: 9lg4
Elevation: 0 to 1,200 feet
Mean annual precipitation: 43 to 54 inches
Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 55 degrees F
Frost -free period: 140 to 185 days
Farmland classification: Farmland of statewide importance
Map Unit Composition
Narragansett and similar soils: 80 percent
Minor components: 20 percent
Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit.
Description of Narragansett
Setting
Landform: Hills, till plains
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Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Convex
Parent material: Coarse -loamy eolian deposits over sandy and gravelly melt -out till
derived from gneiss and/or schist and/or sandstone and shale
Typical profile
Ap - 0 to 6 inches: silt loam
Bw1 - 6 to 15 inches: silt loam
Bw2 - 15 to 24 inches: silt loam
Bw3 - 24 to 28 inches: gravelly silt loam
2C - 28 to 60 inches: very gravelly loamy coarse sand
Properties and qualities
Slope: 8 to 15 percent
Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches
Natural drainage class: Well drained
Runoff class: Medium
Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to high
(0.57 to 1.98 in/hr)
Depth to water table: More than 80 inches
Frequency of flooding: None
Frequency of ponding: None
Available water storage in profile: Moderate (about 6.3 inches)
Interpretive groups
Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified
Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 3e
Hydrologic Soil Group: B
Minor Components
Broadbrook
Percent of map unit. 5 percent
Landform: Drumlins, hills, till plains
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Concave
Canton
Percent of map unit. 5 percent
Landform: Hills
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Convex
Charlton
Percent of map unit:
3 percent
Landform: Hills
Down -slope shape:
Linear
Across -slope shape:
Linear
Wapping
Percent of map unit:
3 percent
Landform: Hills, till plains
Down -slope shape:
Linear
Across -slope shape:
Linear
Sutton
Percent of map unit: 2 percent
Landform: Depressions, drainageways
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Down -slope shape: Concave
Across -slope shape: Linear
Leicester
Percent of map unit: 2 percent
Landform: Depressions, drainageways
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Concave
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