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The project site is
approximately 2 hectares
surrounding a point assigned
to me for this studio project.
The project site is in West
Concord, Massachusetts in the
northern portion of the studio
site boundary, north from the
rotary for Route 2 and Elm
Street on Massachusetts
Correctional Institution (MCI)
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Mapping Assignment
Planning and Design of Landscapes Studio
Harvard Graduate School of Design
September 2007
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Sources:
2001 USGS Topographic Quadrangle Maps
2005 MassGIS Hydrography
Projection: Massachusetts State Plane Mainland
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Assigned Project Point
Studio Study Area
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The project site is
approximately 2 Hectares
surrounding a point assigned
to me for this studio project.
The site is located in the
Massachusetts Correctional
Institution (MCI) property at the
edge of a field and forest and
contains a wetland. The terrain
elevation on the site is highest
near MDC building, 75 meters,
and drops to approximately 45
meters at bordering
neighborhood. The project site
is at the northern portion of the
studio site boundary.
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Terrain
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Sources:
2005 Aerial Photo MassGIS
Soils: Natural Resource Conservation Service 2007
3 Meter Contours MassGIS
Projection: Massachusetts State Plane Mainland
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Massachusetts Correctional Institution
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Mapping Assignment
Planning and Design of Landscapes Studio
Harvard Graduate School of Design
September 2007
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The project site is
predominantly one soil type:
Woodbridge Fine Sandy Loam.
It is generally unsuitable for
septic due to its slow
infiltration rates.
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Site Soils
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CANTON FINE SANDY LOAM
Sources:
2005 Aerial Photo MassGIS
Soils: Natural Resource Conservation Service 2007
3 Meter Contours MassGIS
HINCKLEY LOAMY SAND
Projection: Massachusetts State Plane Mainland
WOODBRIDGE FINE SANDY LOAM
PAXTON FINE SANDY LOAM
SWANSEA MUCK
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Mapping Assignment
Planning and Design of Landscapes Studio
Harvard Graduate School of Design
September 2007
Land Use
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The project site is split between
forest and Massachusetts
Correctional Institution (MCI)
cropland. It is bordered by
residential neighborhoods and
the urban/public use of the MCI
facilities.
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Sources:
2005 Aerial Photo MassGIS
Land Use MassGIS 1999
3 Meter Contours MassGIS
Projection: Massachusetts State Plane Mainland
Land Use (as of 1999)
Cropland
Forest
Residential
Urban Public
Jean-Paul Charboneau
Mapping Assignment
Planning and Design of Landscapes Studio
Harvard Graduate School of Design
September 2007
The project site, according to
USGS GAP Analysis, consists
of a small area of conifer and a
slightly larger area of mixed red
maple. The project site and the
surrounding vegetation is
predominantly oak dominant
forest. However, the GAP
Analysis incorrectly labels the
grounds of the Massachusetts
Correctional Instution as red
maple dominant. A quick look
at the satellite photo reveals
that the area in question is, in
fact, open fields.
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Vegetation
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Massachusetts Correctional Institution
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Sources:
2005 Aerial Photo MassGIS
USGS GAP Analysis, Department of Natural Resources Conservation 2003
Projection: Massachusetts State Plane Mainland
Mapping Assignment
Planning and Design of Landscapes Studio
Harvard Graduate School of Design
September 2007
Vegetation
Conifer Dominant
Mining, Quarries, Landfills or Sand; Urban open land
Oak Dominant
Pasture, Grassland
Red Maple Dominant