IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menlo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02CT007001
  • User Pedon ID: CT Benchmark Soils
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 02CT007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0042
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13919
  • 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: 41.5391667
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6641667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Middletown, 700 feet NW of the intersection of Pine Street and Longhill Road in a wooded swamp. Lense of 7.5YR 4/3 loamy sand, top of Cd 1" thick hummucky micro topography. Wooded wetland.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT007—Middlesex
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT007—Middlesex County, Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-E6—Middletown, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Aeric Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Menlo
  • Classificaton Date - 1/8/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Menlo
  • Classificaton Date - 12/7/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: compact red glacial till derived from basalt and/or compact red glacial till derived from sandstone
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/7/2001 (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

    ACRU

    CAREX

    ULMUS

    Acer rubrum

    Carex

    Ulmus

    red maple

    sedge

    elm

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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

    1

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    49

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    Oa—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.1 very coarse roots and 0.1 medium and coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00079
    A—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1), gray (7.5YR 5/1), dry; silt loam, muck; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N00080
    Bg1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); gray (7.5YR 5/1) very fine sandy loam, flagstones; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume flat 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00081
    Bg2—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam, flagstones; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent medium faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions and 30 percent fine and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00082
    Cd1—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses and 10 percent medium faint reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 20 percent medium distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume flat 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N00083
    Cd2—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 10 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume flat 150-?-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 02N00084