IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956VT013002
  • User Pedon ID: S1956VT013002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956VT013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5415
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42660
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Grand Isle County, Alburg town, one mile southwest of Alburg Center.
  • Map Unit: BeB—Benson rocky silt loam, over shaly limestone, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT013—Grand Isle
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT013—Grand Isle County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. A. Ferwerda, S. J. Zayach, and M. Howard, Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Benson
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Benson
  • Classificaton Date - 10/9/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/9/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: FEA3-678R
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    BROMU

    Bromus

    brome

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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

    4

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; strong fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40734
    B2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) channery silt loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40735
    C2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very channery silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A40736
    Dr—53 centimeters (20.9 inches); 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Soft, dark gray limestone bedrock; few grass roots in cracks; strong effervescence with cold dilute hydrochloric acid.