IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): COLTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974VT011007
  • User Pedon ID: S1974VT011007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974VT011007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1320
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34929
  • 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: 44.9960785
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6042099
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: town of Richford, Stevens Mills south along Mountain Brook Road
  • 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-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • 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 - 9/23/1974
  • 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: 9/23/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: EVF3KK-57
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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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    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

    6

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10051
    A2—18 to 21 centimeters (7.1 to 8.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; single grain; loose; 21.0 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10052
    B21HIR—21 to 31 centimeters (8.3 to 12.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium 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 # 40A10053
    B22IR—31 to 44 centimeters (12.2 to 17.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A10054
    B23IR—44 to 68 centimeters (17.3 to 26.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 roots; 35 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A10055
    B3—68 to 79 centimeters (26.8 to 31.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10056
    C—79 to 155 centimeters (31.1 to 61.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 0.0 roots; 50 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10057