IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dummerston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988VT005814
  • User Pedon ID: 88VT005814
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988VT005814
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0361
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61465
  • 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: 44.3469429
  • Std. Longitude: -72.1597214
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: East Peacham, Caledonia County. 5000 feet of Ewell Pond; 3500 feet N of East Peacham.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT005—Caledonia
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 814
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dummerston
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1988 (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
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACSA3

    FAGUS

    SOLID

    Acer saccharum

    Fagus

    Solidago

    sugar maple

    beech

    goldenrod

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—13

    13—64

    —-

    —-

    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

    15

    375

    180

    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments.
    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments.
    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few medium roots throughout; common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bw—13 to 64 centimeters (5.1 to 25.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01985. few medium and coarse roots throughout; common very fine and fine roots throughout
    C—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. few fine roots throughout; few medium and coarse roots throughout