IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colrain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959VT017006
  • User Pedon ID: S1959VT017006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959VT017006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5422
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42667
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2 1/2 miles northeast of North Tunbridge, 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 #: 6
  • 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 ridge
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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 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

    PHLEU

    TRPR2

    Phleum

    Trifolium pratense

    timothy

    red clover

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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

    15

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    396.2

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    315

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40770. Uniformly 8 inches thick. No coarse fragments discarded.
    B11—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40771
    B12—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40772
    B2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40773. No coarse fragments discarded
    C—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A40774. No coarse fragments discarded. This horizon is thought to be a partially weathered glacial till.
    R—81 to 106 centimeters (31.9 to 41.7 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A40775