IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SND
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999CT005003
  • User Pedon ID: 99CT005003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999CT005003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0556
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11415
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.9719315
  • Std. Longitude: -73.2731476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 2,500 feet West of the South end of Wangum Lake, in an old field.
  • Map Unit: 448B—Hogansburg loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • 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: Deb Frigon, Donald Parizek, Dr. Harvey Luce
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxon above family
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amenia
  • PSC - 30 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amenia
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Eutrochre
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1999
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • 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: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ALOPE

    ASCLE

    BETH

    PIRI

    SOLID

    Alopecurus

    Asclepias

    Berberis thunbergii

    Pinus rigida

    Solidago

    foxtail

    milkweed

    Japanese barberry

    pitch pine

    goldenrod

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—30

    30—108

    51—209

    51—209

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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

    4

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    456

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    270

    1150

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    Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; 10 percent clay; weak very fine, and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout and 3.0 very fine roots top of horizon; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03461. Ap upper 0-5inches silt loam, 2f-m gr, 10YR 3/2, VFR, SS, SP; some sandstone flags; pH: BTB - bromthymol blue.
    Bw1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 7 percent clay; medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03462. Krotovina - 10YR 3/2 5cm in diameter; manganese stains 5YR 2.5/1; pH: PRI - phenol red indicator.
    Bw2—51 to 73 centimeters (20.1 to 28.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; 12 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium and coarse faint and 1 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) medium and coarse faint and 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) medium and coarse faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; very coarse and 2.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03463. Bw2 - Manganese stains, few 5YR 2.5/1 -3/2, fine krotovina, weathered sandstone 10YR 5/8, rock frag - rotten schist; pH: PRI - phenol red indicator.
    Bw3—73 to 108 centimeters (28.7 to 42.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) loam; 5 percent clay; 3 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) coarse faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine to coarse interstitial and tubular pores; 13 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03464. Bw3 - manganese stains common 5YR 2.5/1-4/4, 10YR 5/6 and 5/8 rotten sandstone fragments; limestone ghosts; pH: PRI - phenol red indicator.
    C1—108 to 125 centimeters (42.5 to 49.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) loam; 15 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium distinct and 3 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) coarse faint mottles; massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 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 # 99P03465. few Mg stains, limestone ghosts; soil penetrometer reading same spring as Broad Brook, 2.25, 1.75, 1.00, 1.60, 2.50; pH: PRI - phenol red indicator.
    C2—125 to 175 centimeters (49.2 to 68.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) fine sandy loam; 18 percent clay; 21 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) coarse distinct mottles; massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03466. rotten schist, limestone ghosts, few Mg stains; soil penetrometer reading same spring as Broad Brook, 2.25, 2.75, 1.60, 3.25, 1.50; pH: PRI - phenol red indicator.
    C3—175 to 209 centimeters (68.9 to 82.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) loam; 20 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 3 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) coarse and 3 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) coarse mottles; massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume angular unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P03467. Mg stains few fine 7.5YR 5/1, limestone ghosts; pH: PRI - phenol red indicator.