IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pomfret

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1987VT027002

User Pedon ID: 87VT027002

Vegetation Plot ID: S1987VT027002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 87P0582

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59877

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: 43.5475006

Std. Longitude: -72.5333328

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Windsor County, VT: Town of Woodstock, Morgan Hill farm 6500 feet S of South Woodstock 3500 feet W of Hartland town line,

State: Vermont

County: VT027—Windsor

MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part

PEDON

Describers Name: Villars, McLeese, Gourley, Wheeler

Current Taxonomic Class: Micaceous, frigid Aquic Udipsamments

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 2

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Pomfret

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Pomfret

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthod

Taxon Kind - variant

Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: upland

Landform: hillside or mountainside

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (actual site observation date)

Microrelief Elevation: 1

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

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ACSA3 FAGR	Acer saccharum Fagus grandifolia	sugar maple American beech	— —	— —	— —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon lithic contact	0—5 11—74 124—124	—- —- —-

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
9	—	—	452	—	225	110	—	—	6	—	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Undecomposed maple and beech leaves and twigs; abrupt smooth boundary.

A—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03050; moist when described;. many very fine roots; few medium and coarse roots throughout

E—6 to 12 centimeters (2.4 to 4.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 87P03051; moist when described;. Few medium and coarse roots.; many very fine roots; common fine roots throughout

Bw1—12 to 19 centimeters (4.7 to 7.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 55 percent faint , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03052; moist when described;. Few medium and caorse roots. Sand grains are coated with sesquioxides and very few micro pellets.; many iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; common fine roots; few very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 232147; continuous - phpvsfiid 232147

Bw2—19 to 31 centimeters (7.5 to 12.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03053; moist when described;. Few medium and coarse roots. Sand grains are coated with sesquioxides and very few micro pellets.; common iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; common fine roots; few very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 232148; continuous - phpvsfiid 232148

Bw3—31 to 50 centimeters (12.2 to 19.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on sand and gravel; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03054; moist when described;. Few medium and coarse roots. Sand grains are coated with sesquioxides and very few micro pellets.; few clay films surface features on sand and gravel; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 232149; continuous - phpvsfiid 232149

Bw4—50 to 75 centimeters (19.7 to 29.5 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent faint , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03055; moist when described;. very few iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 232150; continuous - phpvsfiid 232150

C—75 to 91 centimeters (29.5 to 35.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03056; moist when described;. few fine roots throughout

Cr—91 to 125 centimeters (35.8 to 49.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed fine sand; weak fine platy, and weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03057; moist when described;

R—125 to 150 centimeters (49.2 to 59.1 inches); fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Micaceous crystalline limestone bedrock inberbedded with quartz-muscovite phyllite or schist.; effervescence is discontinuous