IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cabot
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992VT027002
  • User Pedon ID: 92VT027002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992VT027002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0072
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65416
  • 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: 43.9147224
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7847214
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Rochester, VT; 100 feet E of North Hollow Road; 8200 feet NW of Mt. Cushman; azimuth of 100 degrees and 5000 feet E of North Hollow Cemetery.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT027—Windsor
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT027—Windsor County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43072-H7—Hancock, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Villars, M. Stuart
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, frigid, shallow Typic Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cabot
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, frigid, shallow Typic Humaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 0 to 35 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/25/2013
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 29-148
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAREX

    PHLEU

    PICEA

    POLYS

    SOLID

    Carex

    Phleum

    Picea

    Polystichum

    Solidago

    sedge

    timothy

    spruce

    hollyfern

    goldenrod

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    35 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    0—20

    20—35

    35—

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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

    2

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    465

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    290

    110

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    6

    18

    -8

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 93P00503. Texture is mucky silt loam.
    Ap2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 7 percent by volume , 11 percent by weight flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 93P00504
    Bg—20 to 35 centimeters (7.9 to 13.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) channery fine sandy loam; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine and medium prominent and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots in cracks; 25 percent by volume , 38 percent by weight flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 93P00505
    Cdg1—35 to 58 centimeters (13.8 to 22.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) channery loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent and 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 25 percent by volume , 37 percent by weight flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 93P00506
    Cdg2—58 to 80 centimeters (22.8 to 31.5 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) channery loamy sand; 21 percent dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron concretions; 27 percent by volume , 41 percent by weight flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 93P00507. patchy - phpvsfiid 1260278; patchy - phpvsfiid 1260278
    Cdg3—80 to 107 centimeters (31.5 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) channery loam; 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) medium prominent mottles; massive parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky; very firm; 15 percent by volume , 23 percent by weight flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 93P00508
    Cdg4—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) channery loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) medium prominent mottles; massive parts to weak thick platy; very firm; 16 percent by volume , 25 percent by weight flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 93P00509
    Cdg5—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) channery loam; 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) fine prominent mottles; massive; very firm; 15 percent by volume , 23 percent by weight flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 93P00510