IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buckland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961VT023011
  • User Pedon ID: 61VT023011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961VT023011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5416
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42661
  • Print Date: 5/7/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Barre town, 1 mile west of Barre City reservoir, 3/4 mile west of Orange County line, Delbert farm; 71 feet north of dirt road from a point 690 feet east of Delbert house.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT023—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT023—Washington County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. J. Pedersen, G. W. Allen, and M. Howard, Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid, shallow Oxyaquic Humudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buckland
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid, shallow Oxyaquic Humudepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 38 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: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DCC 1-126
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    CIAR4

    POA

    RANUN

    Cirsium arvense

    Poa

    Ranunculus

    Canada thistle

    bluegrass

    buttercup

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

    densic material

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    38 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—18

    18—38

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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

    10

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    457.2

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    0

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; strong very fine granular, and strong fine and medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40737
    B—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40739. This horizon is absent in places.
    E—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); gray (N 5/0) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40738. The horizon is discontinuous and did not occur in the face from which the other samples were collected. The sample was collected from an adjoining face of the pit.
    E'—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) fine sandy loam; moderate thin platy structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40740
    Cgm—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silt loam; 3 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) medium and coarse faint mottles; strong medium platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40741
    Cm—66 to 114 centimeters (26.0 to 44.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) and olive gray (5Y 4/2) silt loam; moderate thick platy, and weak thick platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A40742. Horizon extends beyond depth of observation.