IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Adams
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963VT005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1963VT005002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963VT005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5486
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42730
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Lyndon town, on Lewis Guy farm, 0.6 miles west of farmstead on farm road in back pasture near old logging header, 156 feet on a bearing of 260 degrees from braced post marked with an aluminum disc.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT005—Caledonia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT005—Caledonia County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Adams
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    2MOSS

    PIST

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    Pinus strobus

    Moss

    eastern white pine

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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

    13

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    274.3

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    335

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41231
    Bs—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41232. This horizon includes in some places an E horizon 4 to 5 cm thick of dark gray (5YR 4/1) loamy fine sand that has a weak fine granular structure, is loose when moist, pH 5.2. This included horizon was not sampled.
    B1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41233
    B2—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41234
    C1—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41235
    C2—58 to 152 centimeters (22.8 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; structureless massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # 40A41236. Horizon contains lenses 2 mm thick of dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) medium sand, the lenses are 3 to 12 mm apart.