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Section 4 Environmental Inventory & Analysis ` Town of Northborough Open Space and Recreation Plan – 2020 SECTION 4 ENVIRONMENTAL INVENTORY & ANALYSIS ` TOWN OF NORTHBOROUGH OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION PLAN – 2020 A - Geology, Soils, and Topography The US Department of Agriculture, Soil The Paxton-Woodbridge-Canton soils are very Conservation Service, has defined eleven deep, nearly level to steep soils that are drained and moderately well-drained on uplands. general soil types, of these, six can be found in Chatfield-Hollis soils are moderately deep and Northborough. The predominant types are well- shallow, gently sloping to moderately steep soils drained soils on slopes of less than 15%. Others that are well drained or somewhat excessively in order of quantity are poorly drained bog drained on uplands. soils, moderately well drained soils with less than Table 4.1 details each soil area's limitations for 15% slopes, some with greater than 15% slopes development with acreage and percentages of and poorly drained mineral soils. Table 4.1 lists each found in Northborough. Approximately the general types with their respective acreages. 40% of the Town (Soil Area 4) is characterized The Surficial Geology shows three predominant by soils capable of supporting residential, soil groups, sand and gravel, till or bedrock and commercial or industrial land uses without flood plain alluvium. These correspond to the extensive modifications. These soils are generally three types of soil, which are predominant in capable of supporting on-site septic systems for town. disposal of sanitary waste. Where public sewers The Soil Conservation Service has mapped three are available, lands falling within other soil dominant soil types in the Town of Northborough. types become somewhat more suitable for commercial, industrial and high-density The Hinckley-Merrimac-Windsor soils are very deep, nearly level to steep soils that are residential use. Approximately 75% of the excessively drained and somewhat excessively Town's soils are capable of supporting drained on outwash plains. agriculture, while 100% are suitable for recreational and woodland uses. Table 4.1 - Soil Limitations for Development Soil Commer- Acreage % High Density Industrial Agricultural Recreation Wood-land Group Residential cial 1 810.3 8 Severe Severe Severe Severe Slight Slight 2 2,592.1 25.6 Severe Severe Severe Slight Slight Slight 3 1,161.9 11.5 Severe Severe Severe Severe Slight Slight 4 3,928.9 38.8 Slight Slight Slight Slight Slight Slight 7 889.6 8.8 Severe Severe Severe Slight Slight Slight 9 735.4 7.3 Severe Severe Severe Severe Slight Slight (Central Massachusetts Regional Planning District, USDA Soil Conservation Service, 1965) 27 SOILS & GEOLOGIC FEATURES OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION PLAN Source: Data provided by the Town **Location data contained in this datalayer are nd LEGEND of Northborough, CMRPC, massDOT based on MassDEP staff interpretation of o and the Office of Geographic information provided by PRPs and their LSPs. P Information (MassGIS), Point features in this datalayer should ONLY be Town Boundaries Major Road Commonwealth of Massachusetts, considered as an ”approximation” or “best Gates Information Technology Division. estimate” of site locations based on the Water Bodies Local Road information submitted to the MassDEP BWSC. Information depicted on this map is Streams TON N The accuracy and completeness of the BERLIN ON for planning purposes only. This LI information submitted has not been verified by Prime Farmland information is not adequate for legal *# AUL Location* MassDEP. ! HUDS boundary definition, regulatory Soils (NRCS Soils- OYLS ----Description From MassGIS website interpretation, or parcel-level analysis.BER B MassDEP Tier 21E WORC. NE) See the MassGIS data layer description page N Use caution intrepreting positional *#! HUDSO accuracy. for full data disclaimer. Sites** http://www.mass.gov/mgis/c21e.htm NRCS SSURGO-Certified495 Soils (WORC. 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