IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Natchaug
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CT015001
  • User Pedon ID: 2000CT015001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000CT015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1230
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12726
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 41.8431778
  • Std. Longitude: -72.0601583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 17—Timakwa and Natchaug soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT015—Windham
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-H2—Westford, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Parizek, D. Frigon, H. Luce, S. Finn, B. Thompson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, dysic, mesic Terric Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Natchaug
  • PSC - 46 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/2013
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palms
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Haplosaprist
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: organic material over loamy till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: swamp
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods begining in nov
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods begining in nov
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oi1

    Oi2

    Oa1

    Oa2

    Oa3

    2A

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    4

    9

    15

    28

    46

    4

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    15

    28

    46

    61

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oi1

    Oi2

    Oa1

    Oa2

    Oa3

    2A

    0

    4

    9

    15

    28

    46

    4

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    28

    46

    61

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    4.3

    3.4

    4.1

    3.5

    3.8

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oi1

    Oi2

    Oa1

    Oa2

    Oa3

    2A

    0

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    9

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    28

    46

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ILMO

    LONIC

    NYSY

    VACO

    Ilex montana

    Lonicera

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Vaccinium corymbosum

    mountain holly

    honeysuckle

    blackgum

    highbush blueberry

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

    fibric soil materials

    aquic conditions

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—9

    0—200

    9—15

    15—46

    46—

    —9—

    —200—

    —6—

    —31—

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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

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    Oi1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) peat; 5 percent by volume wood fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07143; observed in pit, small
    Oi2—4 to 9 centimeters (1.6 to 3.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) peat; 5 percent by volume wood fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07144; observed in pit, small
    Oa1—9 to 15 centimeters (3.5 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) mucky peat; 5 percent by volume wood fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07145; observed in pit, small
    Oa2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) mucky peat; 2 percent by volume wood fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07146; observed in pit, small
    Oa3—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); black (5YR 2/1) muck; 2 percent by volume wood fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07147; observed in pit, small
    2A—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) mucky fine sandy loam; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07148; observed in pit, small. texture class is assumed based on underlying 2Cg1 horizon as this A horizon was original described as organic soil material and no particle size separates data was measured.
    2Cg1—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; massive; 2 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 8 percent medium faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07149; observed in pit, small
    2Cg2—84 to 92 centimeters (33.1 to 36.2 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) fine sandy loam; massive; 5 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07150; observed in pit, small
    2Cg3—92 to 200 centimeters (36.2 to 78.7 inches); 50 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; massive; 1 percent by volume 2-4-20 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 00P07151; observed in pit, small