IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chenango
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978VT025002
  • User Pedon ID: 78VT025002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978VT025002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0341
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45895
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 42.7611122
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5224991
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Vernon, 1/2 mile west of underpass on West road, 300 feet south of entrance to Edgewood Park
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT025—Windham
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT025—Windham County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Yost and W. Sheehan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chenango
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/2/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Warwick
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/15/1978
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • 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: 5/15/1978 (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

    TSUGA

    Quercus alba

    Tsuga

    white oak

    hemlock

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

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    sapric soil materials

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—2

    0—10

    2—5

    28—55

    66—

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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

    2

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    134

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 78P01792
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01791
    Bs—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01792
    Bw1—28 to 40 centimeters (11.0 to 15.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01793
    Bw2—40 to 55 centimeters (15.7 to 21.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01794
    BC—55 to 66 centimeters (21.7 to 26.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) coarse sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 55 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01795
    2C—66 to 122 centimeters (26.0 to 48.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; 60 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 78P01796