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Lot 7 Septic Soil & Perc Tests No.: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Northampton , Massachusetts Date:_ une 26,1997 Soil Suitability Assessment for On-Site Sewage Disposal Performed By: Matthew Sokop - Certified Soil Evaluator Witnessed By: Peter McErlain - Board of Health Certification Number: Location Address or Lot No.: Lot#7 Florence Road Northampton,MA 01060 Owner's Name,Address and Tel.#: Helen Hallett 126 Franklin Street Northampton,MA 01060 (413) 584-4584 New Construction ® Repair ❑ Office Review Published Soil Survey Available: No ❑ Yes Year Published 1981 Publication Scale 1:15840 Drainage Class B Soil Limitation Surficial Geologic Report Available. No ® Yes ❑ Year Published Publication Scale Geologic Material (Map Unit) Landform Flood Insurance Rate Map: Above 500 year flood boundary No ❑ Within 500 year flood boundary No Within 100 year flood boundary No Wetland Area: National Wetland Inventory Map (map unit) Wetlands Conservancy Program Map (map unit) Soil Map Unit Charlton(cnc) Slone: Moderate Yes Yes ❑ Yes ❑ Current Water Resource Conditions (USGS): Range: Above Normal ❑ Other References Reviewed: Month Normal March Below Normal ❑ prof W o\projects\97-144\ssal-S doc Location Address or Lot No. Lot#7 - Florence Road Northampton MA On-Site Review Deep Hole Number 1 Date June 26, 1997 Time 4.14 PM Weather Cloudy 80° Location (identify on site plan) Land Use Woodlands Slope(%) 5 - 1% Surface stones Some Vegetation Hard/Soft Woods La.idform Drumlin Distances from: Open Water Body >100 feet Drainage way ±50 feet Possible Wet Area >100 feet Property Line ±50 feet Drinking Water Well >100 feet Other DEEP OBSERVATION HOLE LOG Depth from Surface Soil Horizon Soil Texture Soil Color Soil Mottling Other (inches) (USDA) (Munsell) (Structure,Stones, Boulders, Consistency, %Gravel) 0-6" A Sandy Loam 10 YR 4/4 Massive, Friable,Clear Wavy Boundary B„ Sandy Loam 10 YR 4/3 Massive,Friable,Clear Wavy Boundary CI Loamy Sand 2.5 YR 4/3 Massive, Dense,Clear Wavy Boundary 84"-106" Co Loamy Sand ID YR 4/6 7.5 YR 4/6 5%Fine Massive Dense, 10%Gravel, Stones Distinct 84" Parent Material (geologic): Glacial Till Depth to Bedrock Depth to Groundwater: Standing Water in the Hole: N/O Estimated Seasonal High Ground Water: 84" projinfo\projects\97-144\ssal-S.dac >106" Weeping from Pit Face: N/O Location Address or Lot No. Lot#7 - Florence Road Northampton MA On-Site Review Deep Hole Number 2 Date tune 26, 1997 Time Weather Location (identify on site plan) Land Use Woodlands Slope (%) 1% Surface stones Some Vegetation Hard/Soft Woods Landform Drumlin Position on landscape (sketch on the back) Distances from: Open Water Body >100 feet Drainage way +50 feet Possible Wet nrea >100 feet Property Line ±50 feet Drinking Water Well >100 feet Other DEEP OBSERVATION HOLE LOG Depth from Surface Soil Horizon Soil Texture Soil Color Soil Mottling Other (inches) (USDA) (Munsell) (Slruclure,Stones, Boulders, Consistency, %Gravel) 0-6" A Sandy Loam 10 YR 4/4 Massive,Friable,Clear Wavy Boundary Bw Sandy Loam 10 YR 4/3 Massive,Friable,Clear Wavy Boundary 22'-64" CI F-M 2.5 YR 4/6 Layers of Medium Sand and Sand Dense Loamy Sand 84"-110" Cu Loamy Sand 10 YR 4/6 7.5 YR 5/3 Massive,Dense,Clear Wavy 5% @ 80" Boundary, 10%Gravel, Stones,Cobbles Parent Material (geologic): Glacial Till Depth to Bedrock >110" Depth to Groundwater: Standing Water in the Hole: N/O Weeping from Pit Face: N/O Estimated Seasonal High Ground Water: 80" projvdoA projects A99144A ssal-S.doc Determination for Seasonal High Water Table Method Used: ❑ Depth observed standing in observation hole inches ❑ Depth weeping from side of observation hole inches ® Depth to soil mottles 80 inches ❑ Ground water adjustment feet Index Well Number Reading Date Index Well Level Adjustment Factor Adjusted Ground Water Level Percolation Test DateSeotember 10 1997Time: 10:00 AM Lot#7 Observation Hole # 1 2 Depth of Perc 48" 42" Start Pre-Soak 10:00 10:00 End Pre-Soak 10:15 10:15 Time at 12" 10:15 10:22 Time at 9" 10:31 10:25 Time at 6" 10SC 10:28 Time (9"—6") 21 3 Rate Min./Inch 7 min/in 1.0 min/in Site Suitability Assessment: Site Passed ® Site Failed ❑ Additional Testing Needed: Performed By: Witnessed By: Comments: Matthew Sokol) Peter McErlain Certified Soil Evaluator Certification Number: Board of Health projinfoA projects V97-141V ssal-8.doc FORM 11 —SOIL EVALUATOR FORM Page 3 of 3 Location Address or Lot No.: Lot#7- Florence Road. Northampton MA Determination for Seasonal High Water Table Method Used: ❑ Depth observed standing in observation hole inches ❑ Depth weeping from side of observation hole inches • Depth to soil mottles 80 inches ❑ Ground water adjustment feet Index Well Number Reading Date Index Well Level Adjustment Factor Adjusted Ground Water Level Depth of Naturally Occurring Pervious Material Does at least four feet of naturally occurring pervious material exist in all areas observed throughout the area proposed for the soil absorption system? Yes See soil logs and location map. If not, what is the depth of naturally occurring pervious material? Certification: I certify that on November 1995 I have passed the soil evaluator examination approved by the Department of Environmental Protection and that the above analysis was performed by me consistent with the required training, expertise and experience described in 310 CMR 15.017. 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YtitS:...;;;•.A: v...`• k.-.V, 7 '..‹.4 4-, ,„ • ,_: • ;4P.,57,1 11 ‘. acttfizi ,,;(0,...",21aFv.. - :tr fe if , -`..,..;••••••-/-4:1-r• ',2*s's 4 a.; '.' '. "ti.• •nr.tit 4.1'• r ,7■0 ;,... •,,,. •,•- , S p via; • i:i. 1 , .4 fi Atte Hampshire County Massachusetts, Central Part 63 Ap-0 to 10 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; slightly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. B21-10 to 15 inches; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) stains; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary. B22-15 to 22 inches; olive (5Y 5/3) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) very fine sandy loam; common medium faint pale olive (5Y 6/3) mottles and few fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; weak coarse and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary. B23-22 to 30 inches; olive gray (5Y 5/2) very fine sandy loam grading to light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loamy very fine sand; many medium and coarse faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary. C1-30 to 35 inches; stratified olive gray (5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very fine sandy loam; many fine faint olive gray (5Y 4/2) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) mottles and common fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) mottles; massive; friable; slightly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. C2-35 to 51 inches; stratified olive (5Y 4/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) very fine sandy loam and lenses of silt loam; common fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; massive; friable; slightly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. IIC-51 to 50 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) stratified loamy fine sand and fine sand; single grain; loose; many black (10YR 2/1) mica flakes; neutral. The solum is 20 to 34 inches thick. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to neutral in the solum and from medium acid to neutral in the substratum. The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 or 3. It is silt loam or very fine sandy loam. The B21 horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 6. The B22 and 823 horizons have hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 to 4. The lower part of the B horizon is mottled. The B horizon is silt loam or very fine sandy loam with some thin strata of loamy very fine sand. The C horizon mainly is stratified very fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand, fine sand, and silt loam. Some pedons have thin layers of silty clay loam. Boxford series The Boxford series consists of deep, moderately well drained soils on old Iakebeds. The soils formed in glaciolacustrine deposits. Slopes range from 0 to 15 percent. Boxford soils are similar to Scitico soils and are mainly near Belgrade and Raynham soils. Boxford sous have mottles lower,in the profile than Scitico and Raynham soils and have more clay than Belgrade soils. Typical pedon of Boxford silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, in a cultivated field 100 feet west of North Maple Street, 1,000 feet north of its junction with Russell Street, in the town of Hadley: Ap-0 to 8 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; many fine roots; slightly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. B1-8 to 14 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. 921-14 to 21 inches; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; gray (5Y 5/1) silt films; medium acid; abrupt smooth boundary. B22-21 to 33 inches; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay; common medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles and few fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common gray (10YR 5/1) silt films; medium acid; abrupt smooth boundary. C1-33 to 37 inches: olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay; few fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; weak coarse and very coarse platy structure; firm; gray (10YR 5/1) fiims; medium acid; abrupt smooth boundary. C2-37 to 60 inches; varved olive (5Y 4/3) silt and clay; weak coarse and very coarse platy structure; firm; medium acid. The solum is 24 to 36 inches thick. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid throughout the soil. The A horizon has hue of 10YR and value and chroma of 2 or 3. The B2 horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 3 to 6. The depth to mottling ranges from 15 to 24 inches. The B2 horizon is silty clay loam or silty clay. The C horizon has hue of 2.5Y or 5Y, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 or 4. It consists of varved silt and clay with an overall texture of silty clay loam or silty clay. Charlton series The Charlton series consists of deep, well drained soils on glaciated uplands. The soils formed in glacial till. Slopes range from 3 to 45 percent. Charlton soils are similar to Narragansett soils and in many places are near Paxton, Woodbridge, and Hollis soils. Charlton soils do not have the very fine sandy loam typical in the upper part of the solum of Narragansett soils and do not have the fragipan typical of Paxton and Woodbridge soils. Charlton soils are . 64 deeper to bedrock than Hollis soils and do not have mottles typical of Woodbridge soils. Typical pedon of Charlton fine sandy loam, in a wooded area of Charlton stony fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, 2,500 feet northwest of the intersection of Kennedy Road and Chesterfield Road, in the city of Northampton: Ap-0 to 7 inches; dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many roots; 10 percent coarse fragments; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. 021-7 to 13 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many roots; 10 percent coarse fragments; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. B22-13 to 22 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many roots; 30 percent coarse fragments; strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. C-22 to 60 inches: olive (5Y 4/3) gravelly sandy loam; massive; firm; 30 percent coarse fragments; medium acid. The solum is 20 to 34 inches thick. The content of rock fragments ranges from 5 to 35 percent. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to medium acid in unlimed areas. The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 to 4. It is fine sandy loam or sandy loam. The B21 horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR and value and chroma of 4 to 6. The B22 horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y and value and chroma of 4 to 6. The B horizon is . fine sandy loam, loam, or sandy loam and their gravelly analogs. It has weak granular or subangular blocky structure. The C horizon hiss hue of 2.5Y or 5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4. It is fine sandy loam or sandy loam and their gravelly analogs. Thin, horizontally discontinuous layers or pockets of loamy sand 1 to 6 inches thick are in some pedons. Deerfield series The Deerfield series consists of deep, moderately well drained soils on glacial outwash plains and terraces. The soils formed in sandy glacial outwash. Slopes range from 0 to 8 percent. Deerfield soils are similar to Windsor soils and in many places are near Ninigret and Agawam soils. Deerfield soils have mottles, but Windsor and Agawam soils are not mottled. Deerfield soils have more sand in the solum than Ninigret or Agawam soils. Typical pedon of Deerfield loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, in a cultivated field 600 feet west of Route 116 and 2,200 feet north of its intersection with Sunderland Road, in the town of Amherst: Soil survey Ap-0 to 9 inches; dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy fine •sand; weak fine and medium granular ztructure; very friable; many roots; strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. 021-9 to 15 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loamy fine sand grading with depth to fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common fine roots; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary. B22-15 to 25 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sand; common fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles and few medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) mottles; single grain; loose; few fine roots; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary. C1g-25 to 33 inches; stratified grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy sand; common fine prominent yellowish red (5YR o/8) mottles; single grain; loose; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary. C2g-33 to 43 inches; stratified olive gray (5Y 5/2) and olive (5Y 5/4) sand and fine sand; many medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; massive; friable; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary. C3g-43 to 55 inches; gray (5Y 5/1) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) loamy fine sand; thin bands of fine sandy loam; many fine to coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) mottles; massive; very friable; common strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) streaks and bands; medium acid; clear smooth boundary. C4g-55 to 60 inches; olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine sand; massive; very friable; many olive (5Y 5/3) streaks; medium acid. The solum is 20 to 30 inches thick. The content of coats..fragments is typically less han 5 percent, but some strata are 20 percent fine gravel. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid in unlimed areas. The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 to 4, ane chroma of 1 to 3. The B horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 310 6, and chroma of 2 to 6. It ranges from loamy fine sand to coarse sand. The C horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 0. and chroma of 1 to 4. It ranges from coarse sand to loamy fine sand. Enosburg series The Enosburg series consists of deep, poorly drakes' soils on glacial outwash plains and deltas. The sorb - formed in a thin layer of glacial outwash material over glaciolacustrine deposits. Slopes range from 0 to 8 percent. Enosburg soils are similar to Amostown soils and In many places are near Deerfield and Windsor soils Enosburg soils have a grayer subsoil than any of ite� y soils, and they have more silt in the substratum tt>a Deerfield or Windsor soils. IN CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND WATER RESOURCES DIVISION, U S GEOLOGICAL.SURVEY F IN COOPERATION WITH THE STATES OF MASSACHUSETTS,NEW HAMPSHIRE, RHODE ISLAND, AND VERMONT Surface-Water Runoff March 1997 Ground-Water Levels March 1997' CURRENT CONDITIONS WEB—Accessing the USGS massl art nt conditions-page on the World-Wde Web will get you this monthly report 7-10 days ahead of the paper mpy,and will reduce our mailing costs.Other valuable USGS data am also available via the W I W.Please use the web whenever possible—'htbpl/masst.er.usgs.gov/current_cond/current_cond.html'—Thank you. • _ _.... --e0MMONWEAgErEPFICIASSACHliSETfS . . .. •Massachusetts Depth of -_-. —.. 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Deep Hole n: 7-z DEEP- -.y OWIth Ssbce(Iracs) DEEP OBSERVATION HOLE LOG' 'MINIMUM OF TWO HOLES REQUIRED AT EVERY PROPOSED DISPOSAL AREA Sol Horizon Sat Color Sca Other (Strode'''.Sbna,Molders,Cahscssyr%Grew()