IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): St. Albans
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963VT011008
  • User Pedon ID: S1963VT011008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963VT011008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5494
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42738
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: St. Albans town, about 1 1/2 miles west of St. Albans Bay on H. K. Brooks farm. Located 112 feet south west on a bearing of 238 degrees from utility pole no. 59
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT011—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT011—Franklin County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • 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)
  • Air Photo ID: FEA 7-465
  • 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

    4

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    33.5

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    130

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) gravelly loam; strong fine granular, and strong medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41283
    B1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41284. Estimated 10 percent by volume of the coarse fragments were larger than 3 inches in diameter and were discarded.
    B2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (10YR 4/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41285
    C1—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41286
    C2—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # 40A41287