IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buckland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985VT027020
  • User Pedon ID: 85VT027020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0971
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57237
  • 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: 43.7213898
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5022202
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 30 meters W of Pomfret County Road and 185 meters N of Hewitts Corners.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT027—Windsor
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert F. Long and David G. Van Houten
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid, shallow Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buckland
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid, shallow Aquic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2013
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

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    43 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    densic contact

    0—28

    43—

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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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    335

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    1A p—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P5228. many very fine and fine roots
    1B s—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior very fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; weakly smeary; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P5229. few very fine and fine roots; few fine faint 10YR41 mottles
    1B w—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) interior loamy fine sand; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine prominent and 1 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P5230. few very fine and fine roots; few fine prominent 10YR43 mottles; few fine faint 5Y42 mottles
    1C r1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) interior fine sandy loam; 1 percent olive (5Y 4/4) fine prominent and 11 percent 2.5Y 4/0 (2.5Y 4/0) fine prominent mottles; weak fine platy structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P5231. few very fine roots; common fine prominent 2.5Y40 mottles; few fine prominent 5Y44 mottles
    1C r2—64 to 135 centimeters (25.2 to 53.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; 11 percent 2.5Y 4/0 (2.5Y 4/0) fine prominent and 11 percent olive (5Y 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P5232. Split at 94 cm for sampling.; few very fine roots; common fine prominent 2.5Y40 mottles; common fine distinct 5Y44 mottles
    1C r3—135 to 178 centimeters (53.1 to 70.1 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) interior loam; moderate fine platy structure; firm; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P5234