IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colrain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959VT017005
  • User Pedon ID: S1959VT017005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959VT017005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5421
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42666
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2 miles west of Chelsea Village, precisely located on air photo C1W 7-48.
  • 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 #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colrain
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: upland till plain
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: C1W 7-48
  • 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

    MESA

    PHLEU

    Medicago sativa

    Phleum

    alfalfa

    timothy

    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

    18

    411.5

    90

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40765. No coarse fragments discarded
    B11—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40766
    B12—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40767. No coarse fragments discarded.
    B2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and 2.5Y 3/4 (2.5Y 3/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40768
    C—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A40769. No coarse fragments discarded. This horizon is thought to be partially weathered glacial till