IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Enfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969CT009004
  • User Pedon ID: S1969CT009004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1969CT009004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1240
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34849
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 41.4666672
  • Std. Longitude: -73.2444458
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: New Britain section, town of Southbury, 1,000 feet east of the intersection of Pomperaug River and Conn. 172, and 400 feet south of W. R. Platts farmhouse on Flood Bridge Road.
  • Map Unit: HcA—Haven silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT009—New Haven
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT009—New Haven County, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Gonick and P. Campbell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Oxic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Enfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Enfield
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    TRPR2

    Trifolium pratense

    red clover

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—18

    18—56

    56—120

    56—120

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    —38—

    —64—

    —64—
    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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    59

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09427
    Bw1—18 to 24 centimeters (7.1 to 9.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09428
    Bw2—24 to 40 centimeters (9.4 to 15.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09429
    Bw3—40 to 56 centimeters (15.7 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09430
    2C1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly coarse sandy loam; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09431
    2C2—71 to 120 centimeters (28.0 to 47.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09432