IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pittsfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: VT003-1982-001-Pittsfield-TP
  • User Pedon ID: 1982VT003032
  • User Site Association ID: VT Bennington County, Vermont Typical Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0116
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52358
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 42.8390274
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1851654
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Bennington County, town of Bennington; 330 feet east of Middle Pownal Road and 615 feet south of Niles Road.
  • Map Unit: 93C—Pittsfield fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT003—Bennington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT003—Bennington County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Britt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Dystric Eutrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 32
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pittsfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/24/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - fourth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pittsfield X
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till derived from mixed-noncalcareous
  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1A p—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P0488. common fine roots; common medium roots
    1B w 1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P0489. common fine roots; common medium roots
    1B w 2—38 to 74 centimeters (15.0 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P0490. few fine roots; few medium roots
    1C 1—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P0491. few fine roots
    1C 2—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 83P0492
    1C 3—132 to 183 centimeters (52.0 to 72.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P0493