IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mudgepond
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999CT005002
  • User Pedon ID: 99CT005002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999CT005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0555
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11414
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 41.9727631
  • Std. Longitude: -73.2742615
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 2,600 feet West of the Southeast corner of Wangum Lake.
  • Map Unit: 7—Mudgepond silt loam
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT005—Litchfield
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41073-H3—South Canaan, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Parizek, H. Luce, S. McVey, D. Frigon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mudgepond
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Massena
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Aeric
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1999
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: depression
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1999 (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

    2MOSS

    CAREX

    CAREX

    COFOR

    EQUIS

    FRAM2

    ONSE

    PIST

    ROMU

    RUOC

    SOLID

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    Carex

    Carex

    Cornus foemina ssp. racemosa

    Equisetum

    Fraxinus americana

    Onoclea sensibilis

    Pinus strobus

    Rosa multiflora

    Rubus occidentalis

    Solidago

    Moss

    sedge

    sedge

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    horsetail

    white ash

    sensitive fern

    eastern white pine

    multiflora rose

    black raspberry

    goldenrod

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

    albic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    anthropic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—0

    0—28

    28—72

    56—99

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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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    454

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    280

    1150

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine, and coarse granular, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 12.0 fine and medium interstitial and tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03453; observed in trench. pH: PRI - phenol red indicator.
    Ap2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) gravelly silt loam; 12 percent clay; coarse granular, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 2.0 fine and medium interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03454; observed in trench. pH: PRI - phenol Red indicator.
    Bg—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak coarse platy, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine to coarse interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent very dark gray (5YR 3/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 21 percent coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03455; observed in trench. pH: PRI - phenol red indicator; common krotovina 1/2 cm in diameter; Mn stains 5YR 2.5/1 common, fine, prom.
    Bw1—56 to 72 centimeters (22.0 to 28.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; 8 percent clay; weak coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine to coarse tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent very dark gray (5YR 3/1), moist,; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03456; observed in trench. pH: PRI - phenol red indicator; Mn stains/soft masses common, fine, prom. 5YR 2.5/1.
    Bw2—72 to 99 centimeters (28.3 to 39.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03457; observed in trench. cobbles/gravel tend to subrounded marble; pH: PRI - phenol red indicator.
    B—99 to 126 centimeters (39.0 to 49.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03458; observed in trench. pH: PRI - phenol red indicator.
    C1—126 to 170 centimeters (49.6 to 66.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03459; observed in trench. cobbles/gravel tend to be subrounded marble; pH: PRI - phenol red indicator.
    C2—170 to 200 centimeters (66.9 to 78.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P03460; observed in trench. cobbles/gravel tend to subrounded marbel; pH: PRI - phenol red indicator.