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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-08-19 Monitoring Report 7/14/03 SPR j"ul 08 03 01 : 10p P' 2 NORSE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. 130 Middlesex Road, Unit 15 Tyngsboro, Mass. 01879 TEL. (978) 649-9932 • FAX(978) 649-7582 July 7, 2003 John Scott RECEIVED Rist-Frost, Shumway 71 Water Street Laconia,N.H. 03246 Re: Soil Tests PLANNING DEPA�MENT Brooks School John; Deep and percolation tests were performed on the above site on July 3,2003. Locations of the tests are shown on the attached playas. Three deep tests and three percolation tests were performed. All of the tests indicate an estimated seasonal high water table at 18" below grade with a compact basal till soil. All of the percolation tests failed, there was no drop in the water level ,for over 30 minutes in each test. USDA SCS maps of the Soil Survey for Essex County, Northern Part, issued Feb. 1981 show this area to be Sutton soils. Leicester soils are shown just down gradient. The entire area is gassed,except for Test 3 that had a small grove of pine trees. Test l and 2 lacked a subsoil, evidence that the area was disturbed at one time. Material had been removed frorn the surface in the past, likely for leveling of the adjacent playing fields. Therefore the correct mapping of this soil would be Udorthent, soil that was disturbed by human activity. Characteristics of Udorthents are naturally variable and site specific. 1f this were a Sutton soil as shown, we would expect the soil to be firm to friable,but would not get the dense, compact soil. Both Leicester and Sutton soils show good permeability, around 0.6 to 6.0 inches per hour.The topography and soil description we obtained would suit the characteristics of a Woodbridge soil. Woodbridge soils are a compact basal till. They are moderately well drained,typically found on drumlins.Permeability is less than .2 inches per hour, as Mound on the tests we performed. They have a perched water table at about 18" and are mottled throughout. These soils are in the hydrologic group C. As noted in the DEP Stormwater Management(Volume Two),"If the seasonal high water table extends to within two feet of the bottom of an infiltration BMP, the site is seldom considered suitable."(Page 3-6,para. 5) J,u1 08 03 01 : 10p P• 3 We looked for areas that would be suitable for infiltration, including to the front of the existing building,the sides and the rear. Though there appears to be a soil change to the front of the existing building, and a soil change is shown on the soil reaps in this area, the water table is so high as to make infiltration impractical in this area, Given the low permeability of the soils on the site, the high water table, and the sloping topography, I think the hydrologic soil grouping is closer to a"D" soil than a"C"soil. It is unlikely that infiltration best management practices will be effective or even useful in this soil. Please contact me if you have any questions. Sincerely; y -- Steven Eriksen Certified Soil Scientist i 1 u pS V S Jul 08 03 01 : 10P p, 4 official Series Description - SUTTON Series official series Description - SUTTON SeriesLOCATION SUTTON CT+MA NH NY RI Established series Rev. MFF-SMF 05/1999 SUTTON SERIES The Sutton series consists of very deep, moderately well drained loamy soils formed in supraglacial till . They are nearly level to strongly sloping soils on till plains, low ridges, and hills, typically on lower slopes and in slight depressions. slope ranges from 0 to 1.5 percent. Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid in the surface layer, subsoil , and substratum. Mean annual temperature is about 50 degrees F. , and mean annual precipitation is about 47 inches. TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic ©ystrudepts TYPICAL PEDON: Sutton fine sandy loam, extremely stony - forested, with a one inch layer of undecomposed litter on surface. (Colors are for moist soil .) oe--0 to 1 inches: black (10YR 2/1) moderately decomposed forest plant material . u (0 to 3 inches thick) A--1 to 6 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common fine and medium roots; 5 percent gravel ; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (1 to 6 inches thick) owl--6 to 12 inches; dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine and medium roots; 10 percent gravel and cobbles; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary. Bw2--1.2 to 24 inches; yellowish brawn (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few medium roots; 10 percent gravel and cobbles; common fine and medium prominent light brownish gray (2. 5Y 6/2) iron depletions and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; moderately acid; gradual wavy .boundary. € Bw3 -24 to 28 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent gravel and cobbles; common k medium prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5 YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary. (combined thickness of the Bw horizons is 14 to 36 inches.) C1--28 to 36 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; firm; 15 percent gravel and cobbles; common medium distinct light brownish gray (2. 5Y 6/2) iron depletions and common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron concentrations; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary. (6 to 20 inches thick) C2--36 to 65 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly sandy loam; massive; . friable; 25 percent gravel. and cobbles; moderately acid. TYPE LOCATION: New Haven County, Connecticut; town of Prospect, 400 feet southeast along Merriman Lane from the intersection with summit Road, and 70 feet north of Merriman lane, in a wooded area. OSGS Tarrifville topographic quadrangle, latitude RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the solum ranges from 20 to 39 inches. Depth to bedrock is commonly more than 6 feet, Rock fragments range from 5 to 35 percent by volume to a depth of 40 inches and up to 50 percent below 40 inches. Except where the surface is stony, the fragments are mostly subrounded gravel and typically make up 60 percent or more of the total rock fragments. unless limed, reaction ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid_ The A horizon has hue of 10YR or 7. 5YR, value of 2 to 4, and chroma of 1 to 3. Disturbed pedons have an Ap horizon with value of 3 or 4 and chroma of 2 to 4_ The A or Ap horizon is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam in the fine-earth fraction. It has weak or moderate granular structure and is friable or very friable. some pedons have a thin E horizon below the A horizon. It has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 3. Texture, structure, and consistence are like the A horizon. The upper part of the sr horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR and value and chroma of 4 to 6. The lower art of the Bw horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y and value and chroma of 4 to 6. it 1�as ir--n deoletions and masses of iron accumulation above a depth of 24 inches. Fine-earth texture of the Bw horizon is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam with less than 65 percent silt plus very fine sand. structure is weak platy, granular, or subangular blocky, or the horizon is Page 1 Jul 00 03 01 : 11P P. 5 Official Series Description - SUTTON series massive. Consistence is friable or very friable. some pedons have a thin Bc horizon with value and chroma like the lower part of the Bw horizon. The Bc horizon has texture, structure, and consistence similar to the Bw horizon. The c horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4. It typically has redoximorphic features in the upper part. Texture is commonly fine sandy loam or sandy loam, but ranges to ver fine sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction. Some pedons have pockets or thin Tenses of silt loam, loamy sand, or sand, The horizon is massive or it has weak plates. Consistence is commonly very friable or friable but the range includes firm in some pedons. COMPETING SERIES: There are no series currently in the same family. Chautauqua, Ludlow, Montesa, Pittstown, Pompton, Rainbow, Wapping, watchaug, Wilbraham, and Woodbridge are soils in similar families. Montesa soils are from outside LRRs L, R, and S. Chautauqua and Wapping soils have more than 65 percent silt plus very fine sand in the B horizon. Ludlow soils have 5YR or 2.5YR hue in the B horizon and a dense substratum. Montesa soils formed in alluvium and receive 70 to 110 inches of precipitation annually. Pittstown, Rainbow, and Woodbridge soils ,have a dense substratum. Pompton soils have a stratified sandy and gravelly substratum within a depth of 40 inches. watchaug soils have hue of 2.5YR or 5YR throughout the B and C horizons. Wilbraham soils have low chroma iron depletions throughout the B horizon and have a dense substratum. GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Sutton soils are nearly level to strongly sloping soils typically on lower slopes or in slightly depressed areas on glaciated hills. Slope ranges from 0 to 15 percent. The soils formed in acid till derived mainly from schist, gneiss, and granite. Mean annual temperature ranges from 45 to 52 degrees F. , mean annual precipitation ranges from 37 to 49 inches, and the growing season ranges from 115 to 185 days. GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Acton, Charlton, Rainbow, Wapping, and woodbridge soils and the Broadbrook, Brookfield, canton, Chatfield, Essex, Gloucester, Hollis, Leicester, Montauk, Narragansett, Paxton, Ridgebury, Scituate, and Whitman soils on nearby landscapes. The well drained Charlton and the poorly drained Leicester soils are associated in a drainage sequence. Broadbrook, Essex, Montauk, and Paxton soils are well drained and have a dense substratum. Brookfield, Canton, Gloucester, and Narragansett soils are well drained and do not have redoximorphic features. Chatfield and Hollis soils have bedrock within a depth of 10 to 20 and 20 to 40 nches respectively. Ridgebury and Whitman soils are poorly drained and very poorly drained, respectively and have a dense substratum. Scituate soils are moderately well drained with a dense substratum. DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Moderately well drained. Surface runoff is slow to medium. Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid throughout_ Sutton soils have a seasonal high water table. USE AND VEGETATION: cleared areas are used for cultivated crops, hay, or pasture. scattered areas are used for community development. Some areas are wooded. common trees are red, white, and black oak, hickory, ash, red maple, gray birch, hemlock, and white pine. MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Amherst, Massachusetts DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Late Wisconsin glaciated areas in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode island, and Vermont; MLRAs 142, 144A, and 145. The series is of moderate extent. SERIES ESTABLISHED: Worcester County, Massachusetts, 1922. REMARKS: This revision reflects general updating. cation exchange activity class placement (active) was based upon a review of similar soils. Changes in competing series may result from updates in classification. Sutton was previously correlated in published soil surveys in Maine. Maine does not currently map soils in the mesic soil temperature regime. Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: j 1. ochric epipedon - the zone from 1 to 6 inches (A horizon) . 2. Cambic horizon - the zone from 6 to 28 inches (Bw horizon) . 3 3. Aquic feature low chroma redoximorphic features are within a depth of 24 inches (sw2 horizon) . 4. Particle-size class - averages coarse-loamy in the control section from 1.0 to 40 inches. National cooperative soil Survey U.S_A. u Page 2 Jul 00 03 01 : 11P p. 6 Official Series Description - LEICESTER Series official Series Description - LEICESTER SeriesLOCATION LEICESTER CT+MA NH NY RI Established Series Rev. MFF-SMF 05/1.999 LEICESTER SERIES The Leicester series consists of very deep, poorly drained loamy soils formed in friable till . They are nearly level or gently sloping soils in drainageways and low-lying positions on hills. Slope ranges from 0 to 8 percent. Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid in the surface layer and subsoil and moderate to rapid in the substratum. Mean annual temperature is about 50 degrees F. , and mean annual precipitation is about 47 inches. TAXONOMIC CLASS: coarse-loamy, mixed, active, acid, mesic Aeric Endoaquepts "TYPICAL PEDON: Leicester fine sandy loam - forested, extremely stony_ (Colors are for moist soil .) oe--0 to 1 inch; black (10YR 2/1) moderately decomposed plant material . (0 to 4 inches thick) A--1 to 7 inches; black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; common fine and medium roots; 10 percent gravel and cobbles; strongly acid: clear wavy boundary. (3 to 9 inches thick) Bgl.--7 to 10 inches; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine and medium roots; 10 percent gravel and cobbles; common medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. Bg2--10 to 18 inches; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine and medium roots; a percent ravel and Gobbles; common fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses o iron accumulation; strongly acid; oradual wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bg horizons is 11 to 32 inches.) dy loam; massive; friable; BC---1.7 to 23 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine san few fine roots; 10 percent gravel and cobbles; many medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of iron accumulation; strongly acid: clear wavy boundary. (0 to 8 inches thick) fine sand loam; C1--23 to 42 inches; dar yellowish brown (10YR 4/ .) gravelly y massive; friable; 15 percent gravel and cobbles; many medium distinct yellowish I um and pinkish gray brown (10YR 5/6) masses of n undary. (0to155iches 6/2) rodepetionsstronglyacidgradual wavy thick) C2 -43 to 6S inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; massive friable; 15 percent gravel and cobbles; few fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; strongly acid. TYPE LOCATION: New Haven county, Connecticut; town of Prospect, 5,200 feet north i of the Prospect-Bethany town line and 130 feet west of Route 69; USGS mount g Carmel topographic quadrangle; latitude 41 degrees 28 minutes 49 seconds N. and longitude 72 degrees 58 minutes 49 seconds W. , NAD 27 RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the solum ranges from 18 to 40 inches. Depth to bedrock is commonly more than 6 feet. Rock fragments range from 5 to 35 percent by volume to a depth of 40 inches and up to 50 percent below 40 inches. Except where the surface is stony, the fragments are mostly subrounded oebbles and typically makeup 60 percent or more of the total rock fragments. Unless limed, reaction is very strongly- acid or strongly acid in the upper 40 inches and ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid below. The A horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 or 3 and chroma of 1 or 2. Disturbed pedons have an Ap horizon that includes chroma of 3. The A or Ap horizon is fine i' sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, or loam in the fine-earth fraction_ it has cture and is eery friable or friable. weak or moderate granular stru Some pedons have a thin Eg horizon belew Lh A horizon e - it has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 1 or 2. Texture, structure, and consistence are like the underlying B horizon. The B horizon has hue of 1.0YR to Sy, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 4. chroma of 3 and 4 are limited to subhorizons_ chroma of 1 or 2 is in some subhorizon within a 20 inch depth. The horizon has distinct or prominent redoxi morphi c features. Texture is fine san�-:y' 1 •, loam or sandy loam in the fine earth fraction. structure is weak granular or subangular blocky, or the horizon is massive. The BC horizon, where present, has hue Page 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and g P. i Jul 00 03 01 : 12p Official series Description - LEICESTER Series chroma of 3 or 4. The horizon has distinct or prominent redoximorphic features. Texture is fine sandy loam, loam, or sandy loam in the fine earth fraction. structure is weak subangular blocky or massive. The C horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 4. it has redoximorphic features that typically decrease in abundance with depth. Texture is fine sandy loam or sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction. some pedons have pockets or thin lenses of silt loam, loamy sand, or sand. The horizon is massive or it has weak plates. Consistence commonly is very friable or friable but some pedons have lenses or layers that are firm. COMPETING SERIES: There are no oN er series currently in the same family. The Fredon, Lamson, Lyme, Mansfield, Massena, Menlo, Neversink, Newstead, Raynham, Raypol , Red Hook, Ridgebury, stissing, sun, and Whitman series are similar soils in related families. Fredon, Lamson, Red nook, and Raynham soils formed in water sorted materials and are nonacid. Lyme soils are in a frigid family. Mansfield, Menlo, and Whitman soils have a dense substratum and are very poorly drained. The Massena, Newstead, and sun soils are nonacid. Raypol soils are coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal . Ridgebury and Stissing soils are nonacid and have a dense substratum. Neversink soils have rock fragments dominated by sandstone, siltstone, and shale. GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Leicester soils are nearly level to gently sloping and are in low-lying depressional areas and drainageways of glaciated hills. slope commonly is less than 3 percent but the range includes 0 to 8 percent. The soils formed in acid glacial till derived mostly from schist, gneiss, and granite. Mean annual temperature ranges from 45 to 52 degrees F. , mean annual precipitation ranges from 37 to 49 inches, and the growing season ranges from 115 to 185 days. GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the competing Ridgebury and Whitman soils and the Acton, Broadbrook, Brookfield, Canton, Charlton, Chatfield, Essex, Georgia, Gloucester, Hollis, Montauk, Narragansett, Paxton, Rainbow, Scituate, Stockbridge, Sutton, Wapping, and woodbridge soils. The well drained Charlton and the moderately well drained Sutton soils are associated in a drainage sequence. Acton soils are sandy and moderately well drained. Broadbrook, Essex, Montauk, and Paxton soils are well drained with a dense substratum. Brookfield, Canton, Narragansett, and Stockbridge soils are well drained. Chatfield and Hollis soils have bedrock at 20 to 40 and 10 to 20 inch depths, respectively. Georgia and wapping soils are moderately well drained. Gloucester soils are sandy and excessively drained. Rainbow, Scituate, and woodbridge soils are moderately well drained and have a dense substratum. DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained. surface runoff is slow. Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid in the solum and moderate to rapid in the substratum. Leicester sods have a water table at or near the surface much of the year. USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are wooded. Some areas are in brushy unimproved pasture. Cleared areas are used for hay or pasture. common trees are red maple, red oak, elm, aspen, gray birch, white pine, balsam fir, red spruce, and ironwood. DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Low-lying areas on glaciated uplands in Connecticut, i Massachusetts, New Hampshire, eastern New York, and Rhode Island; MLRAS 144A and 145. The series is of moderate extent. MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Amherst, Massachusetts. SERIES ESTABLISHED: Windham County, Connecticut, 1947. REMARKS: This revision reflects change in taxonomy to the 8th Edition of the Keys and general updating. Cation exchange activity class placement based upon a review of limited data and similar and associated soils. The horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: 1. Ochric epipedon - the zone -From I to 7 inches (A horizon) 2. Cambic horizon - the zone from 7 to 23 inches (Bg and BC horizons) . 3. Aquic moisture regime as indicated by chroma of 2 in Bg horizon but with chroma too high within 30 inches (chroma ; in BC horizon) to qualify for Typic j: Endoaqquepts. 4. Endoadquepts subgroup based on saturation to a depth of 200 cm from the mineral soil surface. 5. Aeric great group based on matrix color and chroma of 3 or more in one subhorizon between the Ap and 75 cm. (BC horizon)_ 6. Particle-size class in control section from 10 to 40 inches -- coarse loamy. 7. Acid reaction class and mesic temperature regime. Page 2 Jul 00 03 01 : 12p p' a Official Series Description - LEICESTER Series National Cooperative Soil survey U.S.A_ i Page 3 3 Jul 08 03 01 : 12p p' 9 official series Description - WOODBRIDGE Series Official Series Description -- WOODBRIDGE SeriesLOCATION WOOD13RIDGE CT+KA NH NY RI Established Series Rev. MFF-SMF 06/1999 WOODBRIDGE SERIES The woodbridge series consists of moderately well drained loamy soils formed in subglacial till . They are very deep to bedrock and moderately deep to a densic contact. They are nearly level to moderately steep soils on till plains, hills, and drumlins. Slope ranges from 0 to 25 percent. Permeability is moderate in the surface layer and subsoil and slow or very slow in the dense substratum. Mean annual temperature is about 48 degrees F. , and mean annual precipitation is about 46 inches. TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Dystrudepts TYPICAL PEDON: Woodbridge fine sandy loam - grass field, (colors are for moist soil unless otherwise noted.) Ap--O to 7 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy 'loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; moderate medium granular structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; few very dark brown (10YR 2/2) earthworm Casts; 5 percent gravel ; moderately acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (4 to 10 inches thick) Bwl--7 to 18 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots; few very dark brown (10YR 2/2) earthworm casts; 10 percent gravel ; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary. Bw2--18 to 26 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots; few very dark brown (10YR 2/2) earthworm casts; 10 percent gravel ; few medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary. sw3--26 to 30 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; 10 percent gravel ; common medium prominent strong brown (7. 5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (combined thickness of the Bw horizons is 12 to 37 inches.) cdl--30 to 43 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; very firm, brittle; 20 percent gravel ; many medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of iron accumulation and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary. (3 to 25 inches thick) cd2---43 to 65 inches; light olive brown (2, 5Y 5/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; ` weak thick platy structure; very firm, brittle; few fine prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) coatings on plates; 25 percent gravel ; common fine prominent i strong brown (7. 5YR 5/8) masses of iron accumulation; moderately acid. TYPE LOCATION: Tolland County, Connecticut; town of Mansfield, 0.75 mile south of the intersection of Connecticut Routes 275 and 195, and 0.25 mile east on the University of Connecticut Agronomy Farm, 800 feet north of the greenhouses near the corner of a brushy field. USG5 Spring Hill topographic quadrangle, latitude 41 degrees 47 minutes 53 seconds N. , longitude 72 degrees 13 minutes 48 seconds W. , NAD 27. r RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the solum ranges from 18 to 40 inches. Depth to densic materials commonly is 20 to 40 inches but the range currently includes 18 to 40 inches. depth to bedrock is commonly more than 6 feet. Rec. fragments range from 5 to 35 percent by volume. Except where the surface is stony, the -Fragments are mostly subrounded gravel and typically make up 60 percent or more of the total rock fragments. Unless limed, reaction ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid. I„ The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 to 4. Dry value is 6 or more. undisturbed pedons have a thin A horizon with value of Z or 3 and chroma of 1 or 2. The Ap or A horizon is loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction. it has weak or moderate granular structure and is friable or very friable. some pedons have a thin E horizon below the A horizon. It has hue of 10YR or Z.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 3. Texture, structure, and consistence are like the A horizon. The upper part of the Bw horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.SY, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8. The lower part of the Bw horizon has hue of 10YR or 2. 5Y, Page 1 Jul 08 03 01 : 13P P. 10 Official Series Description T WOODBRIDGE Series value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 6. Iron depletions are within a 24 inch depth. The Bw horizon is loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy loam with less than 65 percent silt plus very fine sand. It has weak granular or subangular blocky structure, or it is massive. consistence is friable or very friable. some pedons have a thin BC horizon with value and chroma like the lower part of the e horizon, but is typically one hue yellower. The BC horizon has texture, structure, and consistence like the B horizon. some pedons have an E or E' horizon up to 3 inches thick below the s horizon. It has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 5 or 6, chroma of 2 or 3, and has redoximorphic features. Typically, it is coarser-textured than the overlying horizon. The Cd horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 4. It commonly has redoximorphic features. Texture is loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or coarse sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction. The horizon has weak medium to very thick plates, or it is massive. Consistence is firm or very firm. COMPETING SERIES: The Rainbow, Sutton, and Wilbraham series are currently in the same family. Wapping and Watchaug are soils in similar families. Sutton, Wapping, and Watchaug soils do not have a dense substratum. Rainbow soils have more than 65 percent silt plus very fine sand in the solum. Wilbraham soils are wetter and have iron depletions throughout the 8 horizon. GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Woodbridge soils are nearly level to moderately steep and are on till plains, hills and drumlins, slope commonly is less than 8 percent, but the range includes 0 to 25 percent. The soils formed in acid till derived mostly from schist, gneiss, and granite. Mean annual temperature ranges from 45 to 52 degrees F. , mean annual precipitation ranges from 37 to 49 inches, and the growing season ranges from 115 to 180 days. GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the competing Rainbow and Sutton soils and the Bernardston, Broadbrook, Canton, Charlton, Chatfield, Georgia, Hollis, Leicester, Montauk, Paxton, Ridgebury, Scituate, Wapping, and Whitman sods on nearby landscapes. The well drained Paxton, poorly drained Ridgebury, and the very poorly drained Whitman soils are associated in a drainage sequence. Bernardston and Broadbrook soils are well drained and are finer textured. Canton and Charlton soils are well drained and do not have a dense substratum. Chatfield and Hollis soils have bedrock within depths of 20 to 40 and 10 to 20 inches respectively. Georgia soils are calcareous within 80 inches. Leicester soils are poorly drained and do not have a dense substratum_ Montauk soils are well drained and are coarser textured. Scituate soils have a loamy sand substratum. DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Moderately well drained. surface runoff is slow to rapid. Permeability is moderate in the solum and slow to very slow in the substratum. Woodbridge soils have a seasonal high water table. USE AND VEGETATION; Many areas are cleared and used for cultivated crops, hay, or pasture. Scattered areas are used for community development. Some areas are wooded. common trees are red, white, and black oak, hickory, white ash, sugar maple, red maple, hemlock, and white pine. DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Glaciated uplands of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, eastern New York, and Rhode Island; MLRAS 144A, 145, and 149s. The series is of large extent. Woodbridge soils were previously used in Maine. Soil temperature studies in Maine have resulted in the use of the frigid soil temperature regime for soils in areas formerly identified as mesic. MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Amherst, Massachusetts SERIES ESTABLISHED: Essex county, Massachusetts, 1925. REMARKS: This revision reflects update in soil taxonomy and general updating. cation exchange activity class placement determined from a review of limited lab data and similar or associated soils. Woodbridge soils were previously classified as AquiC Dystrochrepts and before that as Typic Fragiochrepts. Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: 1. 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I t' ,� .t,-ri' I7.1.'r�y�,���.� R :�;F1�.�Yk���•.';i- ���.4; % `• •`, �.- y�'.\\ f+ 1� �j'{ t .. ..i?�i ll��'lY�t. �T'}�lI�V �' � �'+:F+�x ••, �,/� ,~ •�r •� 'I N t 1 � F � I , � { � � t����' k k { ► j f 1 11 � � 1 '�, �• -��� � 1 1 j 1 [ � 12 CL 1,4 CD I l � [ �..� �..�` `,� `f��.,,:, ,,{ � ��j •' 1, �/,� �� � �:t• � ,� b�/ / �n ( 1 1 J / I Jul 08 03 01 : 16p p. 13 Structural Best Management Practices practices.Specifically,infiltration technologiesshould not be appiicd in areas with soils exhibiting low permeability_This would exclude most"D" soil groups,as defined by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Wherein filtraii on technologies are planned,soils trust be checked and adequate permeability confirmed. Soil types and characteristics are less important to filtration technologies, as they do not need to maintain water levels or provide recharge. In some cases,where proper soils arc present,filtration technolo�,�ics may be used to recharge a portion of the treated stormwater. Drainage Area/Watershed To 13e Served The size of the contributing area may be a limiting factor in selecting the appropriate B1vlP technology,Recommendations for appropriate contribut- in�a watershed area requirements have been inclaced in the discussion for each technology.Through propersite planning,area constraints may often be overcome. Pond Btv1Ps typically require large co,,itributinw drainage areas in order to function properly,while infiltration BN-iPs require smaller drallia4tc are:zs. C or technoloyxics that require large contributin�4;vatersl�ct:s.additional oftslie runoff may be rotttcd to the Btvl P to incrcase flows.Conversely, pottions of'thc total runof'fcac,be routed to smaller individual BN1 Ps to allu�v I'orthe uscol 10WUL:ap:tcitp 13i41P5. l�c4p in s�tind thatu,c,�fa I number of individual Bm Ps to one drainage area may increase the maintc- n.tnceand inspcction.requirements. 0 Depth to Water Table Depth to the sc3sonul high watt:table is an itnpoliant Factor forstormwa- ter technologies,especially infiltration BNI Ps. fFtheseasonalhighwatcr I table Extends tow thin t\vo feet oft tic bottom ofan intiltr:ttion Biv1P,the i site is seldoin considere(i suitable.Tltc Nvatertable acts as an effective barrierto exiiltration through the BiY1? media and sails below and can l reduce the ability o far; infiltration BM P to drain properly.Contamination potential orthe water tab le is ofconcern. Dependingonsuiicjnditions. depth to roundwatcrtably is also an important factor in redu:.in-L,the risk ofmicrobial e.ontaminauon. For Constructed wctfaatcis.ind wt t ponds.a water tab le at or near the € surface is desirable.Arcas,.vith high water tables arc ocnerally more s i conducive to siting tiiesc types of de:entioniretention B N1 5. Depth to Bedrock a The depth to bedrock(or other impermeable lavers)is a consideration for facilities which rely upon infiltration.The down vard extiltration ofstoim- water is impeded by bedrock that is near the surface,because infiltrating g V(ps%vi11 not drain properly.A site is gcncrally not suitabic for in tiltra- �I. Lion B ill Ps if the bedrock:s within two feet o fthe bottom of the B tti1 P. 3-6 Stormwater Management(Volume Two) ............... ............ LlMassachusetts Department of Environmental Protection pox! fro 0 1-- Bureau of Resource Protection —Wastewater Permitting Program SiEe Address or Map/Lot Number Form 11 - Soil Suitability Assessment for On-Site Sewage Disposal A. Facility Information C 1. Facility InformatJoEi :u 0 6 K S 1, P 0 Owner Nanne. Map/Lot Streetp4dress City state Zip Code B. Site Information 1. (Check one) New Construction ❑ Upgrade Ej Repair 7r1 0!1-1 2. Published Soil Survey available? Yes No ❑ If yes. 7 Year Published Publication Scale Soil Map Unit V00 al 61A Itza /_*o,/ Soil Name Soil limitations -JF 3. Surficial Geological Report available? Yes ❑ No If yes: Year Published Publication Scale Map Unit Geologic Material Landfozm 4. Flood Rate Insurance Map: Above the 500 year flood boundary? Yes No ❑ Within the 100 year flood boundary? Yes No Within the 500 year flood boundary? Yes ❑ No Within a Velocity Zone? Yes ❑ No 5. Wetland Area: National Wetland Inventory Map Map Unit Name Wetlands Conservancy Program Map Map Unit Name 6. Current Water Resource Conditions (USGS) Range: Above Normal ❑ Normal Below Normal ❑ Montb[Year 7, Other references reviewed: 4h. DEP Form 11 Soil Sultatility Assessment for On-Site Sewage Disposal Page I of 7 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection-- Bureau of Resource Protection Wastewater Permitting Program Site Address or Map/Lot Number l o Form 11 - Soil Suitability Assessment for On-Site Sewage Disposal Co ' a C. On-Site Review (Cont.) Deep Observation Hole B: �n — Date Time Weather 1. Deep Observation Hole Logs Deep Hole Number 1; Ground Elevation at Surface of mole Location (identify on Plan) e_c 79la 2. Land Use: 4 m,&a n (e.g,woodland,agricultural field,vacant lot. etc.) Surraco Stones Slope(%) Vegetation Landform Position on landscape(attach sheet) 3. Distances from: Open Water Body ® Drainage Way ? 5# Possible Wet Area feet feet feet Property Line > !0 0 Drinking Water Well 7/&0 Other feet feet 4. Parent Material: Unsuitable Materials Present: Yes 2n No❑ If Yes: Disturbed Soil Fili Material[] Impervious Layer(s)JX Weathered/Fractured Rock[] Bedrock❑ 5. Groundwater Observed: Yes IS No ❑ If Yes: Depth Weeping from Pit ,�✓ �'e► Depth Standing Water in Hole Estimated Depth to High Groundwater: �d dy inches elevation v DEP form 11 Soil Suitabllity Assessment for On-Site Sewage Disposal• Page 4 of 7 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Resource Protection —Wastewater Permitting Program Site Address or Map/Lot Number o Fora I I - Soil Suitability Assessment for On-Site Sewage Disposal co a C. On-Site Review (minimum of two holes required at every proposed disposal area) � Deep Observation Hole A: 0 Date' Time Weather 1. Deep Observation Hole Logs Deep Hole dumber- 14 Ground Elevation at Surface of Hole f 8 Location (identify on Plan ) S 2. Land Use: �'- (e.g.woodland,agricultural field,vacant lot,etc.) Surface Stones Slope(%) Vegetation Landform Position on landscape(attach sheet) 3. Distances from: Open Water Body � Drainage Way `5'10 Possible Wet Area >J�a feet feet feet Property Line 'g,P 160 Drinking Water Well ?14911 Other feet feet 4. Parent Material: A 5AL, 7' -t..- Unsuitable Materials Present: Yes% No❑ If Yes: Disturbed Soil Fill Material[] Impervious Layer(s)DQ Weathered/Fractured Rock[] -Bedrock❑ 5. Groundwater Observed: Yes (A No ❑ If Yes: Depth Weeping from Pit '3 1 N Depth Standing Water in Hole _ f! Estimated Depth to High Groundwater: R, inches elevation DEP Form 11 Sail Suitability Assessment for On-Site Sewage Disposal•Page 2 of 7 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection 73,r 0 C Bureau of Resource Protection —Wastewater Permitting Program site Address or Map/Lot dumber Form 11 - Soil Suitability Assessment for On-Site Sewage Disposal m 0 a Deep Observation Hole A: Deep Hole Number: A -a Soil Soil Matrix: Redoximorphic Features Soil Coarse Fragments Soil Structure Soil Depth Horizon/ Color-Moist (mottles) Texture %by Volume Consistence other (in.) Layer (Munsell) (USDA) (Moist) Depth Color Percent Gravel Cobbles &Stones "'�[? i..�� �..)I �'�! d C! liC�C+Z- � ap .`-• w �' ._..._ '�' �'�r a .l,r., . IA Additional motes Pt c c o t o t r o� /c y 3�. ,$ y' i"a yem e^t DEP Form I I Soil Suitability Assessment ror on-Site Sewage Disposal• Page 3 of 7 LIMassachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Resource Protection — Wastewater Permitting Program Site Address or Map/Lot Number Form 11 - Soil Suitability Assessment for On-Site Sewage Disposal 0 W Deep Observation Hole B: Deep Hole number: Soil Soil Matrix: Redoximorphic Features Soil coarse Fragments Soil Soil Depth Horizonf Color-Moist (mottles) Texture %by Volume Structure Consistence Other (in) Layer (Mansell) (USDA) (Moist) Depth Color Percent Gravel Cobbles &Stones Additional Notes � ea u��d 7�'(f +� tea ef VeM E.A/T' t t "VI 1,,4- ar DEP Form I I Soil Suitability Assessment for On-Site Sewage Disposal •Page 5 of 7 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Resource Protection —Wastewater Permitting Program Site Address or Map/Lot number 1 Form I I - Soil Suitability Assessment for On-Site Sewage Disposal d Deep Observation Hole/X. Deep Hole Number: C, m Soil Soil Matrix: Redoximorphic Features Soil coarse Fragments Soil Structure Soil Depth Horizon! Calolst (mottles) Texture %by Volume Consistence Other (In Layer (Manselnsell) (USDA) (Moist) Depth Color Percent Gravel Cobbles x Stones -71 t Additional Notes �e� 0. ar►i. �� �D � � �• e J'rr�•{ � 7�` ISAI r„ v: e� Y tw DEP Form 11 Soil Suitability Assessment for On-Site Sewage disposal Page 3 of 7 Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection _ff,W- o K - Cr,_ 1 c Bureau of Resource Protection --Wastewater Permitting Program Site Address or MaplLot Number ll Form 11 - Soil Suitability Assessment for On-Site Sewage Disposal . o D. Determination of High Groundwater Elevation o 1. Method used: ❑ Depth observed standing water in observation hole A. CD inches❑ N inches Depth weeping from side of observation hole A. .10 S._30_ inches inches t y ❑ Depth to soil redoximorphic features (mottles) A. t,,E- " S. /S' ❑ Groundwater adjustment (USGS methodo€ogy) A. inches B. inches inches inches 2. Index Weli Number Reading Date Index Well Level Adjustment Factor Adjusted Groundwater Level E. Depth of Pervious Material 1. Depth of Naturally Occurring Pervious Material a. toes at least four feet of naturally occurring pervious material exist in all areas observed throughout the area proposed for the soil absorption system? Yes ❑ No ir— b. If yes, at what depth was it observed? Upper boundary: Lower boundary: inches inches F. Certification I certify that I have passed th Psistent valuator examination`approved by the Department of Environmental Protection and that the above analysis as perforated by e with the required training, expertise and experience described In 310 CMR 15.017. Signature of Soil Evaluator Date �-' V-cr= Typed or Printed Name of Soil Evaluator 'Date of Soil Evaluator Exam �es•i' Name of Board of Health Witness Board of Health Mote: This form must be submitted to the approving authority with Percolation Test Form 12 T 0 DEP Form I I Soil Suitability Assessment for on-Site Sewage Disposal Page 6 of 7