IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Charles
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010VT019002
  • User Pedon ID: S10VT019002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010VT019002
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N6698
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69038
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 44.9666194
  • Std. Longitude: -72.3117000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: North of Newport Center on Route 105; pit 2 CC
  • Map Unit: 72A—Charles silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT019—Orleans
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT019—Orleans County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44072-H3—Newport Center, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eulaila Ishee
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Charles
  • Classificaton Date - 3/25/2013
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain, meander belt
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    SOLID

    Solidago

    goldenrod

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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

    2

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine roots and few fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C1—15 to 44 centimeters (5.9 to 17.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C2—44 to 70 centimeters (17.3 to 27.6 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; 5 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 4/6); fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C3—70 to 110 centimeters (27.6 to 43.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C4—110 to 121 centimeters (43.3 to 47.6 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C5—121 to 151 centimeters (47.6 to 59.4 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) loamy coarse sand; massive; firm; 2 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C6—151 centimeters (59.4 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments.; observed in pit, small