IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vershire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988VT005816
  • User Pedon ID: 88VT005816
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988VT005816
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0360
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61464
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 44.2866669
  • Std. Longitude: -72.1750031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Barnet (near Peacham Line) Caledonia County. 8500 feet W of Harvey Lake; 10,500 feet SW of South Peacham.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT005—Caledonia
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 816
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vershire
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Trow
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Dystrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1988
  • 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: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1988 (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

    ABBA

    ACSA3

    TSUGA

    Abies balsamea

    Acer saccharum

    Tsuga

    balsam fir

    sugar maple

    hemlock

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—13

    13—66

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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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    475

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    315

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments.
    Oe—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Slightly decomposed needles and leaves. No sample.
    A—8 to 21 centimeters (3.1 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Moderately decomposed needles and leaves. No sample.; few medium and coarse roots throughout; common very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bw—21 to 74 centimeters (8.3 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 89P01984. few fine and medium roots throughout