IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wethersfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984CT009001
  • User Pedon ID: 84CT009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55769
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.4305573
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7738876
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Wallingford: 450 meters S of intersection of Whirlwind Hill Rd and Cooke Rd, 100 meters E of Cooke Rd.
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT009—New Haven
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gragnolati
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, 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 - Wethersfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/2/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wethersfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: drumlin
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 32.50 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1984 (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

    paralithic materials

    paralithic contact

    lithic contact

    0—25

    25—74

    89—200

    89—

    200—

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    —-

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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

    12

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    —

    122

    —

    270

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior cobbly sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 16 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P0269. common fine roots
    Bw1—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior cobbly coarse sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P0270. few fine roots
    Bw2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate and strong fine platy structure; extremely firm*; 0.1 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 16 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0271. very few fine roots
    Cr1—74 to 119 centimeters (29.1 to 46.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly coarse sandy loam; moderate and strong fine platy structure; extremely firm*; 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; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0272. Sample depths 89-104 cm.
    Cr2—119 to 169 centimeters (46.9 to 66.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; massive, and structureless single grain; extremely firm*; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0273. Many lenses of coarse sand or fine sand of yellowish red (7.5YR 5/6). Sample depths 139-159 cm.
    Cr3—169 to 200 centimeters (66.5 to 78.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loamy coarse sand; massive, and structureless single grain; extremely firm*; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P0274. Many lenses of coarse sand or fine sand of yellowish red (7.5YR 5/6). Sample depths 179-200 cm.
    R—200 centimeters (78.7 inches); bedrock; fragments. New Haven Arkose.