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22 <br />SOIL SliRVEY- <br />Stoneham loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes IStBI.=lhis soil <br />is in sratterrd at•ras along major stro:uu rh:umcls in tho <br />county. It is at uplands back from tho strrun r•hannels. <br />The alms arc irrr~*ular in s!lapr and ran_r from 3tl to ;,n <br />acres in size. This soil has a prulilo similar to the ate <br />dcsr,ribed as representaticc for the arrirs, Inn it has a <br />thicker surface layer anti subsoil. P.uunll' is medium <br />to slots. Sl'atcr erosion and soil blotcin_r aro moderate <br />hazards. Lulnded in mappine ;ur a felt ~utall areas of <br />Platner foam that commonl~~ are in snutii drpressional <br />areas. <br />V~Iost areas of this soil ;ire rultiva[cd. bat a fete <br />areas remain iu notice era-s. Cepabilih~ nail I't'r-. <br />nonirrigaterl: Loam}- Plains ranee site: tree pl:ultige <br />suitabilit}• group 1. <br />Stoneham loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes IStDI.-This soil <br />has the profile de.=.oribcd n=+rpre~cnt:itite 1`~~r thr srrio=. <br />It- is a1 uplands near major shram chnnnrls in srattorod <br />areas thmuehout the cmnlty. Thr arras aro uniform in <br />l ~apc and ranee from +Il to RO arras in xirr. Iinnoff i= <br />uerall}• medium but is raj-rid if the soil is unprotected. <br />The hazards of teah~r erosion :old soil blowing arc scaere <br />in culticatcd areas. fiullirs form in dr:uuagetrars in sane <br />places. Included in urtppiug :u'o snulll areas of sand <br />aurl gr:ucl deposits and ;I fe«' small areas of Ascalon <br />soils. <br />Jlost areas of this sail arc culticatod. but some areas <br />hate a weer of notice grass. Capabilit} unit CTe-I, non- <br />irt•iga[erL• Loan»• Plains range site: h'ec planting suit- <br />ability- group T. <br />Tassel Series <br />"T•he '1'asscl series consists of tcrll-drained to sontcttdtat <br />eccessit'el}' drained, erotic sloping to stron~rk slopimr <br />soils on uplmuls. '1•hcsr soils formed in loamc material <br />underlain b}' s:uldscmm at a depth of UI to •'~ inches. <br />Lt a representatiae profile. the surface layer is brotcn <br />and pale-brottn fine sands loam about b inches thiclc. <br />It is calenrcous '!'he umlcrll'ing material is cct.c pale <br />brotcn and light }'cllotcish-brotcu floc sanrlh' loam. It is <br />highly calcareous. Saurlstonc hrdroclc is at a depth of <br />1R inches. Sandstone fragments arc generalh' fhroui_rhout. <br />Tassel soils ab<orb hater rapirll~', and thr available <br />tenter rapacih- is IOIC. PI.1'111etblhtt" 75 morlrratclc rapid, <br />and the entiro soil is suitahlr frn' roots. <br />Pepresentativc profile of a 'Tassel fine laud}' loam <br />hating a slope of t. percent. iu an area of grass. 2.fi0u <br />feet cast and 1300 fort. slndh of the nnrthtcrst corner <br />of section }, T. 3 S., I1. f~S 1C.: <br />.\ll-V hi "inchcc. brutcu (1V)'R 3/31 finr s:uuly I~cuu, dark <br />brun'n I111S I; a/3) mheu uvtist: eery Iccak, thin, Platy <br />wuohu'e: w4t. Iri^ble: ca lea renV.; mildlc alkaline; <br />rlca r. ..+wrnt li b,almla r?'. <br />.\IS--_ r„ 3 inchrs, pa 6•-bmo'u f10Y12 11/31 lino santlF luau. <br />dark bnncu i]IlY [t i/al ¢~hru waist: tern k. finr. <br />era uuiar sf nnrurc: ali_lillc hard. trio blo: ralcarr- <br />„u.: miI,AF alkalim~: rlr:nt anun,t6 Lnuudn t;c <br />.11'-i I~~ 11 iunc~*. c.~rc pale Lr•ma (Illl~lt ~/:SI tine vn udr <br />Innn:. pair I~r~~a'n (10)'R u; 31 Ichon main: n~oak. <br />weJ inm, suh:wninr Llnrl:c xn'm•nnr•: hard. (ri;tble: <br />calm rtv ate: uu ah•ra L~Ic all:aline: rl c:v. tc;tcc bnuu- <br />dare. <br />C-11 w 7K inchn~. lieltt crllmcisli-brna'n (^:a f;/31 finr <br />.and}' In:uu, oiler I~ratcn ('_': iS 4!31 a'bon moist: <br />nmssier: s~~ft, friable: enh:nrcnns: umdera[ely all:n- <br />linc: char. «'a ~'}' Lnunrtarc. <br />R-L~ im9ir=. Pa rtin llc moathrred, soft cu ndstour hrds: cnri- <br />able in color. to~nt ro, and ha rd nec+. <br />'I'hr ~ horizon rancr~ from _ to i ittchr~c in Ihirknrsc, from <br />p:dr brmcn In erayixh bnncu in color. and from finr s:uuly <br />I nom to In:unf find r:md in h•zhtm. -I'hr f horizon rouges <br />fmm 7 In is inrbrs iu tbir•I:ncss m-rr sn ndctnur :Ind from <br />ccrc It~lr brntvn to licht ccllmrish brmcn and pa lr crllmc <br />in color. T)rptlt to brd mrk r:ut~rc from 10 to •'?0 inrhrc. <br />Terrace Escarpments <br />Terrace rscarpments ITd occur as breaks or steep <br />side slopes adlarcnt to the channels of prrsrnt or former <br />streams. 'Ghee also occur as the sta•p faros of terraces <br />that border bottom lands and Hood plains. <br />This land tcpc rwtsists of allncinm of t ariablc materials <br />and is cet.c sUallotc Deer gt•acrl anti sand. These materials <br />bore a In;uny sand or sanrlc loam surface lacer. In mane <br />areas this layer is :; to 3n prrmnt gt•:n'cl. Shale and sand- <br />stnue ontrrops arc in sane nroas. Irn~lndrd in mapping ore <br />vert- small areas of n ~'mta loamy send, n ';"ata sanrlc loam. <br />and ;t Dacono ]oast, all good soils frtr farming. <br />Figure fl.-Profilr of a Slateham Inant. <br />