IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hogback
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984VT023006
  • User Pedon ID: 84VT023006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0790
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55033
  • 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: 44.0919456
  • Std. Longitude: -72.9166641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 150 feet S of Lincoln Gap Road, 1500 feet E of the county line.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT023—Washington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Gourley and B. Wheeler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Lithic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hogback
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Lithic Haplorthods
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 70.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    30

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    595

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    0

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 84P04472. Loose litter
    A—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04473. 10% gravel.; many roots
    Bhs—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; moderately smeary; 5.5 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04474. 10% gravel.; many roots
    Bs1—18 to 26 centimeters (7.1 to 10.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; moderately smeary; 5.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04475. 10% gravel.; many roots
    Bs2—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; weakly smeary; 5.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P04476. 10% gravel.; many roots
    R—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments. Green mountain schist; not sampled.