IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cheshire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983CT009002
  • User Pedon ID: 83CT009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55771
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 41.4166679
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7783356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Wallingford; 15 meters E of Northford Rd and Anderson Rd.
  • 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 #: 2
  • 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 - 11/1/1983
  • 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: drumlin
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithic contact

    0—25

    25—84

    249—

    249—

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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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    95

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior gravelly loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P0281. common fine roots
    Bw1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0282. Many medium krotovinas.; common very fine and fine roots
    Bw2—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0283. Many medium krotovinas.; few fine and medium roots
    C1—84 to 183 centimeters (33.1 to 72.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine platy, and massive; friable; 37 percent prominent , moist, iron stains; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Sample No: 85P0284 100 to 116 cm, 85P0285 166 to 183 cm. Common large pockets of firm, thin porous platlets of washed sands.; common iron stains surface features
    C2—183 to 249 centimeters (72.0 to 98.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; massive; very friable; 8 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 85P0286. Common large pockets of very firm, thin porous platy loamy materials.
    2R—249 centimeters (98.0 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments. New Haven arkose.