IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cheshire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969CT009001
  • User Pedon ID: 69CT009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1237
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34846
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 41.4297218
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7986145
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Wallingford, on the east side of Woodhouse Road, 2,200 feet southeast of the intersection of Woodhouse Road with North Branford and Wallingford town lines.
  • Map Unit: 63B—Cheshire fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT009—New Haven
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cheshire
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cheshire
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—19

    19—58

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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

    1

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    64

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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09404
    Bw1—19 to 29 centimeters (7.5 to 11.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09405
    Bw2—29 to 46 centimeters (11.4 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09406
    Bw3—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09407
    Cd—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) coarse sandy loam; massive parts to weak coarse platy; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09408
    C1—74 to 106 centimeters (29.1 to 41.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) loamy coarse sand; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09409
    C2—106 to 163 centimeters (41.7 to 64.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09410