IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Penwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999CT003009
  • User Pedon ID: 99CT003009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999CT003009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0552
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11411
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 41.7613716
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5828476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 2,000 feet West of Spencer St. exit (exit 1) East bound and Silver Lane, and about 1,300 feet South of Silver Lane.
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT003—Hartford
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-G5—Manchester, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. McVey, S. Finn, H. Luce, D. Parizek, D. Frigon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Penwood
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/2012
  • Classifier - Donald C. Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PENWOOD
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    CUMA3

    PAQU2

    PISY

    PRVI

    QUPA2

    RHHI2

    SOLID

    TORA2

    Cucurbita maxima

    Parthenocissus quinquefolia

    Pinus sylvestris

    Prunus virginiana

    Quercus palustris

    Rhus hirta

    Solidago

    Toxicodendron radicans

    winter squash

    Virginia creeper

    Scots pine

    chokecherry

    pin oak

    staghorn sumac

    goldenrod

    eastern poison ivy

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

    ochric epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—22

    31—

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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

    3

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    32

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    266

    1195

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03432; observed in trench. rock fragments: <1 SR 1
    Ap2—8 to 22 centimeters (3.1 to 8.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03433; observed in trench. rock fragments: <1 SR 1
    Bw—22 to 31 centimeters (8.7 to 12.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03434; observed in trench
    2C1—31 to 38 centimeters (12.2 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03435; observed in trench
    2C2—38 to 75 centimeters (15.0 to 29.5 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.0 medium roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03436; observed in trench
    2C3—75 to 80 centimeters (29.5 to 31.5 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) very gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.0 medium roots throughout; 40 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03437; observed in trench
    2C4—80 to 114 centimeters (31.5 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.0 medium roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03438; observed in trench
    2C5—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.0 medium roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03439; observed in trench
    2C6—130 to 200 centimeters (51.2 to 78.7 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P03440; observed in trench