IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Amenia
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1982VT021004
User Pedon ID:
1982VT021004
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
83P0111
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
52353
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:
43.4763870
Std. Longitude:
-73.0433350
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Rutland County, town of Tinmouth, 0.7 mile south of the Tinmouth-Clarendon town line and 0.5 mile west of the Clarendon River
Map Unit:
66B—Georgia and Amenia soils, 3 to 8 percent slopes
State:
Vermont
County:
VT021—Rutland
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
VT021—Rutland County, Vermont
PEDON
Describers Name:
H. Ferguson, D. Van Houten
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Eutrochrepts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
TUD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
4
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Amenia
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
10/21/2008
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
second edition
Moisture Class -
aquic
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Amenia X
Classificaton Date -
6/1/1982
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
calcareous loamy till derived from mixed-calcareous
Landscape:
upland
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
1.45 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 -
hayland
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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
4
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400
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180
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P0460. many medium roots
Bw1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P0461. common fine roots
Bw2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sandy loam; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct and 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P0462. few very fine roots; common medium distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; common medium distinct 7.5YR44 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
C1—61 to 117 centimeters (24.0 to 46.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; extremely firm*; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P0463
C2—117 to 200 centimeters (46.1 to 78.7 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; extremely firm*; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P0464. Split for sampling at 160 cm.