IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Suncook
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970CT003002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970CT003002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970CT003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1233
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34842
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.8980560
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6691666
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Windsor, 4,000 feet west from the intersection of River Street and Kennedy Road, and directly across the Farmington River, on the west bank, 100 feet from the river.
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT003—Hartford
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT003—Hartford County, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Gonick and D. Rector
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Suncook
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/2012
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    EQUIS

    Equisetum

    horsetail

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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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    12

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    90

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09370
    C1—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) and brown (7.5YR 5/2) loamy fine sand; single grain; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09371
    C2—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; single grain; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09372
    C3—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; single grain; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09373
    C4—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; single grain; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09374
    Ab—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09375
    C5—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; single grain; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09376
    A'b—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09377
    ACb—122 to 135 centimeters (48.0 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) very fine sandy loam; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09378
    C6—135 to 155 centimeters (53.1 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; single grain; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09379
    A''b—155 to 175 centimeters (61.0 to 68.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09380