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:
11/12/2024
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.