IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wethersfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983CT007002
  • User Pedon ID: 83CT007002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0052
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55768
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.4888878
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7336121
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Middlefield; Lyman's farm;550 meters S of the intersection of South Street and Powder Hill Rd.
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT007—Middlesex

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wethersfield
  • PSC - 25 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/2/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wethersfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1983
  • 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: 9/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    paralithic materials

    paralithic contact

    0—13

    13—56

    56—328

    56—

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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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    186

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots; 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0263. many fine roots
    Bw1—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0264. few fine roots
    Bw2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior gravelly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P0265. few fine roots
    Cr1—56 to 104 centimeters (22.0 to 40.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior gravelly loam; structureless massive, and weak fine platy; extremely firm*; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P0266
    Cr2—104 to 190 centimeters (40.9 to 74.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior gravelly loam; moderate fine platy, and structureless massive; extremely firm*; 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0267
    Cr3—190 to 262 centimeters (74.8 to 103.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior gravelly loam; weak fine platy, and structureless massive; extremely firm*; 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0268
    Cr4—262 to 328 centimeters (103.1 to 129.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior gravelly loam; structureless massive, and weak fine platy; extremely firm*; 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Few pockets of medium sand.