IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hadley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961VT023015
  • User Pedon ID: S1961VT023015
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961VT023015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5426
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42671
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Waterbury town, floodplain of the Winooski River, north side of river, first farm northwest of Waterbury village on US Highway No. 2, John Farr 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 #: 15
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hadley
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DCC 6-102
  • 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

    POA

    Medicago sativa

    Phleum

    Poa

    alfalfa

    timothy

    bluegrass

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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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    128

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very fine sandy loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40791
    Ap/C1—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) very fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40792
    C1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) very fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40793
    C2—48 to 53 centimeters (18.9 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) very fine sandy loam; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40794
    C3—53 to 137 centimeters (20.9 to 53.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; structureless massive; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A40795. Horizon contains small lenses of grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very fine sandy loam or loamy very fine sand which are structureless, massive and very friable, pH 6.8. Near the top of the C3 horizon one of these lenses is 12 inches in diameter.