IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): COLTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974VT011004
  • User Pedon ID: S1974VT011004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974VT011004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1317
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34926
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 44.7630539
  • Std. Longitude: -72.8955536
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Fairfield; north side gravel pit; 2 miles SW of East Fairfield; 1,000 feet east of Lapland Rd
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT011—Franklin
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT011—Franklin County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Joslin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - COLTON
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - COLTON
  • Classificaton Date - 6/5/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: EVF3KK-27
  • 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

    BEPO

    POA

    Betula populifolia

    Poa

    gray birch

    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
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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10033
    B21HIR—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) gravelly loamy sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10034
    B22HIR—23 to 34 centimeters (9.1 to 13.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) gravelly sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10035
    B23IR—34 to 50 centimeters (13.4 to 19.7 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 roots; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10036
    B24—50 to 62 centimeters (19.7 to 24.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10037
    C—62 to 155 centimeters (24.4 to 61.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 0.0 roots; 45 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10038