IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cheshire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969CT009002
  • User Pedon ID: 69CT009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1238
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34847
  • 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: 41.5327797
  • Std. Longitude: -72.9133301
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Cheshire, 2,100 feet west of the intersection of Jarvis Street and Peck Lane and 150 feet north of Jarvis Street.
  • Map Unit: 63B—Cheshire fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT009—New Haven
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Gonick, C. Reynolds, and P. Campbell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cheshire
  • PSC - 25 to 82 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/2015
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cheshire
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1969
  • 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: 5/5/1969 (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—18

    18—61

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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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    85

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09411
    Bw1—18 to 27 centimeters (7.1 to 10.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09412
    Bw2—27 to 39 centimeters (10.6 to 15.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09413
    Bw3—39 to 61 centimeters (15.4 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09414
    C—61 to 82 centimeters (24.0 to 32.3 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) coarse sandy loam; massive parts to weak coarse subangular blocky; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09415
    Cd—82 to 114 centimeters (32.3 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) coarse sandy loam; massive parts to weak coarse platy; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09416
    C'—114 to 165 centimeters (44.9 to 65.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09417