IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cheshire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983CT009001
  • User Pedon ID: 83CT009001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983CT009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0057
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55773
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.4041672
  • Std. Longitude: -72.9258347
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Hamden. Lockwood farm 300 meters South of Evergreen Street and 100 feet West of maintenance shed.
  • Map Unit: 63B—Cheshire fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT009—New Haven
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gragnolati
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cheshire
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cheshire
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till derived from igneous and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PRPE3

    Prunus persica

    peach

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—18

    18—74

    259—

    259—

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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

    8

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    61

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) interior sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P0296. many fine roots throughout
    Bw1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0297. Many fine krotovinas.; many fine and medium roots throughout
    Bw2—41 to 74 centimeters (16.1 to 29.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; 7 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0298. Common fine krotovinas.; common fine roots throughout
    BC—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Few fine krotovinas.; few fine roots throughout
    C1—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 11 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 21 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0299. Very coarse cylindrical lenses of medium sand and fine to medium plates of fine sandy loam; few fine roots throughout
    C2—122 to 208 centimeters (48.0 to 81.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 7 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, phenol red; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0300. Very coarse cylindrical lenses of medium sand and fine to medium plates of fine sandy loam; few fine roots throughout
    C3—208 to 259 centimeters (81.9 to 102.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior gravelly loamy sand; massive; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0301
    2R—259 centimeters (102.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. New Haven arkose.