IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kearsarge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968VT021001
  • User Pedon ID: 1968VT021001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968VT021001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0513
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33041
  • 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: 43.6211128
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1647186
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 5,500 feet northeast of Castleton
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT021—Rutland
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT021—Rutland County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. R. Sinclair, Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Lithic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kearsarge
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - NASSAU
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    DACA6

    PLANT

    POA

    Daucus carota

    Plantago

    Poa

    Queen Anne's lace

    plantain

    bluegrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—8

    8—30

    46—

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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

    14

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    183

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 65 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03830
    Bw1—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 55 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03831
    Bw2—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 55 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03832
    Bw3—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 65 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03833
    BC—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 60 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03834
    R—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A03835