Lot 8 Septic Soil & Perc Tests No.: Date: Tune 26, 1997
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Northampton , Massachusetts
Soil Suitability Assessment for On-Site Sewage Disposal
Performed By: Almer Huntley, Jr., P.E., P.L.S.
Witnessed By: Peter McErlain - Board of Health
Certification Number:
Location Address or Lot No.:
Lot#8
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:
Year Published
Drainage Class
No ❑ Yes
1981 Publication Scale 1:15840 Soil Map Unit Charlton(cnc)
B Soil Limitation Slope: Moderate
Surficial Geologic Report Available: ® Yes
Year Published Publication Scale
Geologic Material (Map Unit)
Landform Drumlin
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 unitl
Wetlands Conservancy Program Map (map unit)
Current Water Resource Conditions (USGS): Month
Yes Z
Yes ❑
Yes ❑
Range: Above Normal ❑
Other References Reviewed:
Normal
N/A
N/A
March
Below Normal ❑
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Location Address or Lot No. Lot#8 - Florence Road Northampton MA
On-Site Review
Deep Hole Number 1 Date June 26 1997 Time 3:15 PM Weather Cloudy
Location (identify on site plan)
Land Use Wooded Slope (%) 5% Surface stones Some
Vegetation Oak- Pine
Lardform drumlin
Distances from:
Open Water Body 0 feet Drainage way 0 feet
'ossible Wet Area 0 feet Property Line feet
Drinking Water Well 0 feet Other
DEEP OBSERVATION HOLE LOG
Depth from Surface
(inches)
Soil Horizon
Soil Texture
(USDA)
Soil Color
(Munsell)
Soil Mottling
Other
(Structure,Stones, Boulders,
Consistency, %Gravel)
25"-71"
71"-120"
A
B
Cr
C2
Humus Fine
Sand Silt
Fine Silty Sand
Medium to Fine
Silty Sand
Very Fine Silty
Sand
10 YR 3/2
10 YR 4/4
2.5 Y
5/2
5 Y
5/3
5%>
Organic Matter
Compact;Small Stones
Compact,Many Small
Stones,Pebbles and a Few
Large Stones
Compact Stones
Parent Material (geologic): Glacial Till Depth to Bedrock Unknown
Depth to Groundwater: Standing Water in the Hole: N/O Weeping from Pit Face: N/O
Estimated Seasonal High Ground Water: 71"
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Location Address or Lot No. Lot#8 - Florence Road. Northampton MA
On-Site Review
Deep Hole Number 2 Date June 26,1997 Time 3:45 PM Weather Cloudy
Location (identify on site plan)
Land Use Woods Slope (%) 5% Surface stones Some
Vegetation Oak
Landform Drumlin
Position on landscape (sketch on the back)
Distances from:
Open Water Body 0 feet Drainage way 0 feet
Possible Wet Area 0 feet Property Line feet
Drinking Water Well 0 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)
0-2"
A.
Fine Silty Sand
5 YR 3/1
Organic, Loose,Disturbed
Organic Matter
Area By Previous Earth
Moving
B
Silty Very Fine
10 YR 4/4
Compact,Some Small
Sand
Stones
18"-20"
Ao
Very Fine Silty
5 YR 3/1
Organic,Loose, Disturbed
Sand
Area By Previous Earth
Moving
20"-60"
B
Silty Fine Sand
10 YR 4/4
Compact, Some Stones,
Pebbles
60"-120'
C
Fine Sand
10 YR 5/3
<5%
Compact,Some Stones,
Mottling 7.5 YR 4/6
Parent Material (geologic): Glacial Till Depth to Bedrock Unknown
Depth to Groundwater: Standing Water in the Hole: N/0 Weeping from Pit Face: N/O
Estimated Seasonal High Ground Water: 60"
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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 inches
❑ Ground water adjustment feet
Index Well Number Reading Date Index Well Level
Adjustment Factor Adjusted Ground Water Level
Percolation Test
Date ptember 10 1997Time: 12:20 PM Lot#8
Observation Hole #
1
2
Depth of Perc
54"
70"
Start Pre-Soak
12:20
12:21
End Pre-Soak
12:35
12:36
Time at 12"
12:36
12:36
Time at 9"
12:51
12:45
Time at 6"
1:15
12:51
Time (9" —6")
24
12
Rate Min./Inch
8 min/in
4 min/in
Site Suitability Assessment:
Site Passed ® Site Failed ❑
Additional Testing Needed:
Performed By: Almer Huntley Jr.. P.E. P.L.S.
Witnessed By: Peter McErlain Board of Health
Comments:
Certification Number:
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FORM 11 —SOIL EVALUATOR FORM
Page 3 of 3
Location Address or Lot No.: Lot#8- 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 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?
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.
Signature: CY'IPOCtdla/LAD I� y✓
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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.
821-10 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;
dear smooth houndary.
822-15 to 22 incnes; olive (5Y 5/3) and olive brown
(2.5Y 4/4) very fine sandy loam; common medium
faint pale olive (51/ 6/3) mottles and few fine distinct
yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; weak coarse
and medium subangular blocky structure; friable;
slightly rid; 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; triable; slightly acid; abrupt smooth
bour iary.
IIC-51 to 60 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 822 and B23 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 lakebeds. 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 soils 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/e)
silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable;
many fine roots; slightly acid; abrupt smooth
boundary.
61-8 to 14 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam;
moderate medium subangular blocky structu-6;
friable; slightly acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
B21-14 to 21 inches; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay
loam; moderate medium subangular blocky
structure; friable; gray (511 5/1) silt films; medium
acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
B22-21 to 33 inches; olive brawn (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) films; 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 62 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 82 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 iragipan typical
of Paxton and Woodbridge soils. Charlton soils are
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deeper to bedrock than Hollis soils and do not haye
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; strc,tgly
acid; clear smooth boundary.
B21-7 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 add; 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 anr!,their gravelly
analogs. It has weak granular or subangular blocky
structure.
The C horizon has 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; weal: fine and medium granular structure; very
friable; many roots; strongly acid; abrupt smooth
boundary.
B21-9 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; dear smooth boundary.
322-15 to 25 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine
sand; common fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/8)
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; dear smooth boundary.
C1g-25 to 33 inches; stratified grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2)
loamy sand; common fine prominent yellowish red
(5YR 5/8) 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; dear 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
coarse fragments is typically less than 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, and
chroma of 1 to 3.
The B horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.SY, value of 310
6, and chroma of 2 to 6. It ranges from loamy fine serd
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 drekrd
soils on glacial outwash plains and deltas. The soils
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„
many places are near Deerfield and Windsor soils.
Enosburg soils have a grayer subsoil than any of ttres�
soils, and they have more silt in the substratum tt1an
Deerfield or Windsor soils.
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