IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Deerfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005CT003002
  • User Pedon ID: 2005CT003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0878
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17923
  • 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: 41.7512207
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6092224
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hartford County, Town of East Hartford, next to Depietro's family farm, approximately 905 feet West from the intersection of Forbes Street and Godar Terrace, in cropland.
  • Map Unit: 21A—Ninigret and Tisbury soils, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT003—Hartford
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-F5—Glastonbury, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Parizek, C. Morgan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Aquic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Deerfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/2012
  • Classifier - Donald C. Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ninigret
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other barren
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 32
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    endosaturation

    redox concentrations

    0—25

    12—110

    12—110

    12—110

    —12—

    —-

    —-

    —-
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    8/10/2005

    50

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    23
    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

    2

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    —

    11

    —

    285

    1250

    —

    160

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    Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low horizontal penetration resistance; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 25.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; 0.75 Lee spring of penetrometer; 1.25 Lee spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04502; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—12 to 25 centimeters (4.7 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; loamy sand; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, in matrix; fragments; 1.75 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 2 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04503; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed loamy sand; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine prominent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, in matrix; 2 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, in matrix; fragments; 2.25 original spring of penetrometer; 3.5 original spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04504; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—40 to 58 centimeters (15.7 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) crushed sand; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, in matrix; 5 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 2 original spring of penetrometer; 2.25 original spring of penetrometer; 1.75 original spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04505; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—58 to 68 centimeters (22.8 to 26.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; high horizontal penetration resistance; rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 30 percent very coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 3.75 original spring of penetrometer; 4.25 original spring of penetrometer; 3.5 original spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04506; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—68 to 110 centimeters (26.8 to 43.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low horizontal penetration resistance; very rapid permeability; extremely high excavation difficulty; 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, in matrix; fragments; 1.5 original spring of penetrometer; 1.75 original spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 05N04507; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small