IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vershire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985VT027024
  • User Pedon ID: 85VT027024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0975
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57241
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 43.6244431
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5538864
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 275 meters W of Barberry Hill Road and 885 meters N of Cox Reservoir.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT027—Windsor
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert F. Long and Henry J. Ferguson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Humic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 24
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vershire
  • PSC - 30 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/2014
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tunbridge
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1985 (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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    66 -

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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

    0—13

    13—66

    66—

    —13—

    —53—

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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

    55

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    366

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    90

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P5265
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior moderately decomposed plant material; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P5266. many very fine and fine roots
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume , 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P5267. 8% coarse gravel.; many very fine and fine roots
    Bw1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; weakly smeary; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P5268. 5% coarse gravel.; many very fine and fine roots
    Bw2—25 to 40 centimeters (9.8 to 15.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P5269. 10% coarse gravel.
    Bw3—40 to 66 centimeters (15.7 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 4 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P5270. 20% coarse gravel.
    R—66 centimeters (26.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.