IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Centerburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976VT021002
  • User Pedon ID: 76VT021002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976VT021002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4129
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40321
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 43.5950012
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1230545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: photo 7-232; 1/2 miles east of Birdeye Mountain near stream, 1 mile south of Rt 4
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT021—Rutland
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT021—Rutland County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, subactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Centerburg
  • PSC - 23 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, serpentinitic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/1976
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/1976 (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

    ACER

    BETUL

    PICEA

    QUERC

    Acer

    Betula

    Picea

    Quercus

    maple

    birch

    spruce

    oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—5

    5—61

    5—

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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

    13

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    372

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    45

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 12 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31544
    2ABg—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) gravelly silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 20 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A31545
    2Btg—23 to 61 centimeters (9.1 to 24.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) exterior and olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior loam; 40 percent clay; moderate very thick platy structure; firm, very sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 20 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31546. continuous - phpvsfiid 1091885; continuous - phpvsfiid 1091885
    2BCg—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); gray (N 5/0) and olive (5Y 4/3) interior gravelly silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 20 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31547. patchy - phpvsfiid 1091889; patchy - phpvsfiid 1091889
    2Cg1—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) gravelly loam; 30 percent clay; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.0 roots; 25 percent clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31548
    2Cg2—104 to 155 centimeters (40.9 to 61.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) gravelly silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; massive; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; 25 percent clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31549
    2Cg3—244 to 249 centimeters (96.1 to 98.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) loam; 37 percent clay; massive; very sticky, slightly plastic; 0.0 roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31550