IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gloucester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CT011001
  • User Pedon ID: 00CT011001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000CT011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0199
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11707
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 41.5622222
  • Std. Longitude: -72.4386139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Heading north west from the old comstock bridge on rt. 16 and Dickinson Road approx. 1 mile on a dirt path, at the powerline turn north approx. 500 feet into the woods.
  • Map Unit: 73C—Charlton-Chatfield complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT011—New London
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-E4—Moodus, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Parizek, S. McVey, D. Frigon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Gloucester
  • PSC - 35 to 110 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/2015
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Charlton
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy supraglacial meltout till derived from granite and gneiss and/or schist
  • Landscape: glaciated upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FAGR

    QUAL

    TSCA

    Fagus grandifolia

    Quercus alba

    Tsuga canadensis

    American beech

    white oak

    eastern hemlock

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    cambic horizon

    0—3

    0—32

    3—10

    32—80

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    13

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    55

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    10

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; loose, loose; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01492. texture: HB
    Oe—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) crushed, dry; moderately decomposed plant material; loose, loose; 21.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01493. texture: HB
    Ap—10 to 32 centimeters (3.9 to 12.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium granular structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 21.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular and 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01494. structure-org: P; rock frag.-kind: SCH.
    Bw1—32 to 44 centimeters (12.6 to 17.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) exterior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed, dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular and 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 4 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01495. structure-org: P; rock frag.-kind: SCH.
    Bw2—44 to 80 centimeters (17.3 to 31.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed, dry; loamy fine sand; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume angular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01496. structure-org: P; rock frag.-kind: SCH.
    C1—80 to 109 centimeters (31.5 to 42.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) crushed, dry; loamy sand; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume angular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01497. structure-org: P; rock frag.-kind: SCH.
    C2—109 to 148 centimeters (42.9 to 58.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) crushed, dry; loamy fine sand; massive; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume angular 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume subangular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 00P01498. structure-org: G; redoximorphic feature: MSIR3, F, P 10YR 4/6 moist, MX, I, S, D; rock frag.-kind: SCH; relict redoximorphic features.