IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Freetown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CT015002
  • User Pedon ID: 2000CT015002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000CT015002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1231
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12727
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 41.8434830
  • Std. Longitude: -72.0529709
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Catden Swamp
  • Map Unit: 18—Catden and Freetown soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT015—Windham
  • 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-H2—Westford, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Deb Frigon, Donald Parizek, Shawn McVey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Dysic, mesic Typic Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Freetown
  • PSC - 0 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/4/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carlisle
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: bog
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods begining in sep
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods begining in sep
  • 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
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - swamp
  • 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

    ACRU

    OSCI

    SPHAG2

    SYFO

    VACO

    Acer rubrum

    Osmunda cinnamomea

    Sphagnum

    Symplocarpus foetidus

    Vaccinium corymbosum

    red maple

    cinnamon fern

    sphagnum

    skunk cabbage

    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

    sapric soil materials

    0—26

    0—231

    26—231

    —26—

    —231—

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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

    0

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    204

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    1220

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    Oi1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) peat; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07152; observed in push tube. 95% fibers unrubbed, 90% rubbed.
    Oi2—10 to 26 centimeters (3.9 to 10.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) peat; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07153; observed in push tube. 90% fiber unrubbed, 85% rubbed.
    Oa1—26 to 56 centimeters (10.2 to 22.0 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) muck; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07154; observed in push tube. 10% fibers unrubbed, 3% rubbed
    Oa2—56 to 88 centimeters (22.0 to 34.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07155; observed in push tube. 5% fibers unrubbed, 0% rubbed
    Oa3—88 to 104 centimeters (34.6 to 40.9 inches); black (7.5YR 2/1) muck; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07156; observed in push tube. 5% fibers unrubbed, 0% rubbed
    Oa4—104 to 139 centimeters (40.9 to 54.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07157; observed in push tube. charcoal found in horizon; 15% fibers unrubbed, 7% rubbed.
    Oa5—139 to 180 centimeters (54.7 to 70.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07158; observed in push tube. 5% fibers unrubbed, 0% fibers rubbed
    Oa6—180 to 231 centimeters (70.9 to 90.9 inches); black (7.5YR 2/1) muck; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 00P07159; observed in push tube. 5% fibers unrubbed, 0% rubbed