IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Calais
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959VT017002
  • User Pedon ID: S1959VT017002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959VT017002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5419
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42664
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1 1/4 miles west of North Randolph, Orange County, Vermont, precisely located on air photo C1W 4-111.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT017—Orange
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT017—Orange County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Howard, Jr.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Calais
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland till plain
  • Landform: broad plateau
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: C1W 4-111
  • 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

    AGGI2

    PHLEU

    Agrostis gigantea

    Phleum

    redtop

    timothy

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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

    7

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    353.6

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; loam; strong medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40754. No coarse fragments discarded.
    B1—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40755
    B21—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), gray (5Y 5/1) and gray (5Y 6/1), dry; loam; weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40756. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200045; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200045
    B22—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; loam; weak medium platy, and weak thick platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40757. No coarse fragments discarded
    C1—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; loam; weak thick platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40758
    C2—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; loam; weak thick platy structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A40759. Estimated 1 percent by weight of coarse fragments greater than 3 inches and less than 10 inches discarded. This horizon is thought to be partially weathered glacial till.