IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stetson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007VT001005
  • User Pedon ID: S07VT001005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2007VT001005
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0736
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19320
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 44.2172928
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0624084
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Starksboro - Camp Common Ground, in the woods
  • Map Unit: StB—Stetson gravelly fine sandy loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT001—Addison
  • MLRA: 142—St. Lawrence-Champlain Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT001—Addison County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, E. Young, J. Maisonpierre
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Stetson
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/2007
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and gravelly glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone)
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DRYOP

    TSCA

    Dryopteris

    Tsuga canadensis

    woodfern

    eastern hemlock

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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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    183

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); ; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    —0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 2.0 very coarse roots and 2.0 coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—25 to 44 centimeters (9.8 to 17.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sand; massive; friable; 1.0 medium roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C1—44 to 62 centimeters (17.3 to 24.4 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C2—62 to 87 centimeters (24.4 to 34.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sand; massive; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2C3—87 to 120 centimeters (34.3 to 47.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) very gravelly coarse sand; massive; loose; 1.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 5-12-20 millimeter unspecified fragments.; observed in pit, small