IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Windsor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970VT017002
  • User Pedon ID: 70VT017002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970VT017002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1221
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34830
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 44.0630556
  • Std. Longitude: -72.0672222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Newbury Town; 6,250 feet south of Newbury, Vermont, west of US Route 5
  • Map Unit: AgA—Au Gres fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT017—Orange
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT017—Orange County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44072-A1—Newbury, New Hampshire

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Raymond Sinclair, Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Windsor
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - WINDSOR
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/1970
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash
  • Landform: kame terrace
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/1970 (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

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—30

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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

    3

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    146

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium angular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09276
    Bw1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; weak medium angular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09277
    Bw2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sand; weak medium angular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09278
    C1—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) sand; weak medium angular blocky structure; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09279
    C2—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) sand; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09280
    C3—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) sand; weak medium angular blocky structure; 0.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09281
    C4—140 to 168 centimeters (55.1 to 66.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) sand; 3 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct and 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; 0.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A09282