IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hadley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961VT023007
  • User Pedon ID: S1961VT023007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961VT023007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5423
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42668
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Moretown town, flood plain of the Winooski River, south side of river, 1 mile southeast of Middlesex village; The pit was dug 610 feet northeast of the road from a road culvert 898 feet southeast along road from south end of barn on Stanley Scribner farm.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT023—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT023—Washington County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hadley
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: very rare flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DCC 6-197
  • 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

    ELRE4

    MESA

    TRHY

    TRPR2

    Elymus repens

    Medicago sativa

    Trifolium hybridum

    Trifolium pratense

    quackgrass

    alfalfa

    alsike clover

    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

    1

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    500

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40776
    C1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40777
    C2—38 to 76 centimeters (15.0 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40778
    C3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40779
    C4—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A40780. Three inches below the top of the C4 horizon there is a one inch thick layer which is described as follows: very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) moist, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard when dry, friable when moist, nonsticky, nonplastic, pH 6.8.