IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Belgrade
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970VT017003
  • User Pedon ID: S1970VT017003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970VT017003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1222
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34831
  • 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: 43.8750687
  • Std. Longitude: -72.1812013
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Thetford Town, near Ely, Vermont; 1,000 feet south of Fairlee-Thetford town line; 100 feet west of US Route 5
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT017—Orange
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT017—Orange County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. R. Sinclair, Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Belgrade
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HARTLAND
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/1970
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/1970 (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

    POA

    TRPR2

    Poa

    Trifolium pratense

    bluegrass

    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

    0—23

    23—43

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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

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    131

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09283
    Bw1—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09284
    Bw2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; weak medium platy parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09285
    C—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09286
    Cg1—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent fine distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine distinct masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09287
    Cg2—81 to 127 centimeters (31.9 to 50.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) very fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.0 roots; 3 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses and 3 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses and 3 percent fine faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09288
    2Cg3—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) very fine sandy loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 0.0 roots; 3 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses and 3 percent fine faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09289
    3Cg4—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 0.0 roots; 21 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A09290