IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lordstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008VT011007
  • User Pedon ID: S08VT011007
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0300
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23939
  • 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: 44.9638405
  • Std. Longitude: -72.9490738
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Franklin County, VT; Johnathan Gates Farm, Beaver Meadow Road; in a very wet meadow
  • Map Unit: LrC—Lordstown-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT011—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT011—Franklin County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, Ted Trevail
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lordstown
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Geology: Cheshire Quartzite (cc) formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—19 to 38 centimeters (7.5 to 15.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots; 10 percent coarse prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, and 10 percent coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist,; 2 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 10 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, and 35 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist,; 5 percent by volume flat 150-265-380 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2BCg—66 to 78 centimeters (26.0 to 30.7 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) gravelly loam; massive; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 7 percent medium gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, and 10 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist,; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3Cg—78 to 100 centimeters (30.7 to 39.4 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay; massive; firm; 2 percent medium dark gray (N 4/), moist, and 5 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist,; fragments.; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket