IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buckland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961VT023010
  • User Pedon ID: 61VT023010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961VT023010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5433
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42678
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Berlin town, one quarter mile east of Barre-Montpelier airport, Harold Woodbury farm.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT023—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT023—Washington County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, acid, frigid, shallow Aeric Humaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buckland
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, superactive, acid, frigid, shallow Aeric Humaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2013
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: glaciated upland
  • Landform: glaciated plateau
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/20/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DCC 1-46
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    PHLEU

    POA

    Phleum

    Poa

    timothy

    bluegrass

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

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    33 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    0—18

    18—33

    33—

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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

    8

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    329.2

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    45

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; strong fine and medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40828. Estimated 5 percent by weight coarse fragments greater than three inches and less than 10 inches discarded.
    Ap2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) loam; strong fine and medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40829
    B2—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40830
    E—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loam; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium distinct mottles; strong medium platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; sand coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40831
    Cgm1—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; 1 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium faint and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) medium distinct mottles; strong thick platy, and strong medium platy structure; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films on faces of peds and clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40832. This horizon seems to be in polygons about one foot in diameter which are separated by vertical streaks about 1 to 2 inches wide. These streaks are gray (5Y 5/1) with dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) edges about 5 to 10 mm wide and are pH 5.8. Penetrometer readings when penetrometer was pushed vertically into polygons were 4.50+ in each case. Estimated 15 percent by weight coarse fragments greater than 3 inches and less than 10 inches discarded.
    Cgm2—69 to 114 centimeters (27.2 to 44.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silt loam; 3 percent gray (N 5/0) coarse distinct and 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) coarse distinct mottles; massive; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A40833. Estimated 5 percent by weight coarse fragments greater than 3 inches and less than ten inches discarded, one cobble; horizon extends beyond depth of observation.