IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Podunk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992VT027004
  • User Pedon ID: 92VT027004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992VT027004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0074
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65418
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025
  • 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: 43.6425018
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5269470
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Woodstock aqueduct site.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT027—Windsor
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT027—Windsor County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43072-F5—Woodstock North, Vermont
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Villars, D. Adam, M. Stuart, W. Lynn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Mollic Psammaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Podunk
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, frigid Mollic Psammaquents
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/2013
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    DAGL

    LOLIU

    PHLEU

    TRIFO

    Dactylis glomerata

    Lolium

    Phleum

    Trifolium

    orchardgrass

    ryegrass

    timothy

    clover

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—10

    —10—

    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

    0

    210

    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) iron stains on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00519. patchy - phpvsfiid 1204473; patchy - phpvsfiid 1204473
    Ap2—10 to 22 centimeters (3.9 to 8.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00520
    C1—22 to 38 centimeters (8.7 to 15.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loamy fine sand; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; very friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00521
    Ab—38 to 43 centimeters (15.0 to 16.9 inches); loamy fine sand; fragments. Lab sample # 93P00527
    C2—38 to 74 centimeters (15.0 to 29.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky; friable; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00522. Upper part of horizon was subsampled (93P0527).
    C3—74 to 103 centimeters (29.1 to 40.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) loamy fine sand; 21 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky; friable; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00523
    C4—103 to 114 centimeters (40.6 to 44.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) gravelly loamy sand; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 20 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00524
    C5—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00525. Has thin (<2 cm) lenses of loamy sand that were mixed in with bulk samples and not subsampled.
    C6—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) extremely gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 93P00526