IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cheshire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969CT009003
  • User Pedon ID: 69CT009003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969CT009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1239
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34848
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 41.4891663
  • Std. Longitude: -72.9302750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Cheshire, 1,400 feet east of the intersection of Higgins Road with Mountain Road and 220 feet north of Higgins Road.
  • Map Unit: 64B—Cheshire fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • 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: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cheshire
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cheshire
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/1969
  • 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: 5/6/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    QUAL

    QUERC

    Quercus alba

    Quercus

    white oak

    oak

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

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—4

    0—10

    4—7

    20—98

    98—

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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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    225

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    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A09418. 3 to 1 inches, fresh litter consisting of leaves, twigs, and branches.
    Oe—4 to 7 centimeters (1.6 to 2.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A09419. 4 to 0 inch, decomposed and partially decomposed litter.
    A—7 to 10 centimeters (2.8 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09420
    BA—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09421
    Bw1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09422
    Bw2—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09423
    Bw3—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09424
    Bw4—81 to 98 centimeters (31.9 to 38.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09425
    2C—98 to 140 centimeters (38.6 to 55.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) gravelly sandy loam; massive; firm; 10 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09426