IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amenia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982VT021005
  • User Pedon ID: 82VT021005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0113
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52355
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 43.4833336
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0438919
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT021—Rutland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Howard
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Eutrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amenia
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amenia
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Eutrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00471. common fine roots
    1Bw1—20 to 39 centimeters (7.9 to 15.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00472. few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR44 mottles
    1Bw2—39 to 59 centimeters (15.4 to 23.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; 1 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00473. Few 2.5Y 5/6 rotten rocks.; few fine roots; few fine faint 2.5Y44 mottles
    1BC—59 to 94 centimeters (23.2 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium faint and 11 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium faint and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00474. many medium distinct 2.5Y56 mottles; few medium faint 2.5Y52 mottles; common medium faint 2.5Y44 mottles
    1C1—94 to 163 centimeters (37.0 to 64.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loam; 11 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm; dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, black stains; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P00475. Few 2.5Y 5/6 rotten rocks.; common medium faint 5Y52 mottles
    1C2—163 to 193 centimeters (64.2 to 76.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loam; 1 percent olive (5Y 4/3) medium faint mottles; strong medium platy, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, black stains; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P00476. many black stains surface features; few medium faint 5Y43 mottles