IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Charlton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958CT013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958CT013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958CT013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5405
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42650
  • 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: 41.8383179
  • Std. Longitude: -72.3789520
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.9 mile southwest of Grant Hill School on the north side of New Road.
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT013—Tolland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT013—Tolland County, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shearin
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Charlton
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    CARYA

    FRAM2

    QUAL

    Carya

    Fraxinus americana

    Quercus alba

    hybrid hickory

    white ash

    white oak

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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

    6

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Largely undecomposed leaves and organic debris.
    O2—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Partially decomposed litter.
    A1—4 to 7 centimeters (1.6 to 2.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; massive; fine roots; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A40671
    B21—7 to 19 centimeters (2.8 to 7.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A40672
    B22—19 to 45 centimeters (7.5 to 17.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A40673
    B23—45 to 70 centimeters (17.7 to 27.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A40674
    C1m—70 to 118 centimeters (27.6 to 46.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly sandy loam, gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40675. This horizon consists of firm to very firm discontinuous tongues or pockets of a weak but brittle pan mixed with very friable material in about equal proportions. Silt films are common in the weak pan.
    C2—118 to 141 centimeters (46.5 to 55.5 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) gravelly coarse sandy loam; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40676