IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): St. Albans
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963VT011007
  • User Pedon ID: S1963VT011007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5493
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42737
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: St. Albans town, about 2 miles northwest of St. Albans City on Gene Lamothe farm.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT011—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT011—Franklin County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - St. Albans
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: glacial till plain
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    3

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    100.6

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly silt loam; strong fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41278
    B1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41279
    B2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) gravelly loam; structureless single grain; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41280
    C1—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very gravelly fine sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41281
    C2—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) very gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41282
    2C3—152 centimeters (59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly sandy clay loam; structureless massive; moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence.