IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Belgrade
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008VT011010
  • User Pedon ID: S08VT011010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008VT011010
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0303
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23942
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 44.9960403
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0266266
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Highgate, Franklin County, VT; Claude Fortin Farm, off Rollo Rd; overgrown pasture very near the Rock River
  • Map Unit: BeC—Belgrade silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT011—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT011—Franklin County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, E. Young
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Belgrade
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding
  • Geology: Highgate Formation (ohi) formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/2008 (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 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    ACNE2

    PHAR3

    SOLID

    URTIC

    Acer negundo

    Phalaris arundinacea

    Solidago

    Urtica

    boxelder

    reed canarygrass

    goldenrod

    nettle

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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

    12

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    61

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    270

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    Ap1—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) very fine sandy loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—22 to 37 centimeters (8.7 to 14.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) very fine sandy loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 5 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—37 to 51 centimeters (14.6 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—51 to 78 centimeters (20.1 to 30.7 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silt; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 10 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg3—78 to 114 centimeters (30.7 to 44.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silt; massive; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 5 percent medium gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, and 15 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg4—114 to 141 centimeters (44.9 to 55.5 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 10 percent coarse gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, and 20 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg5—141 centimeters (55.5 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt; massive; firm; 5 percent medium gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, and 20 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small