IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Peru
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974VT011008
  • User Pedon ID: S1974VT011008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974VT011008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1321
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34930
  • 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: 44.9144440
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6230545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Montgomery; 175 feet east of Blackfalls road on Farrar property
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT011—Franklin
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT011—Franklin County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Joslin and D. Flynn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Peru
  • PSC - 25 to 52 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/30/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PERU
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: EVF3KK-38
  • 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

    FAGUS

    Fagus

    beech

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    52 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    densic contact

    0—8

    5—8

    8—36

    52—

    —8—

    —3—

    —28—

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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

    9

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly loam; strong fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10058
    E—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A10059
    Bhs1—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10060
    Bhs2—16 to 36 centimeters (6.3 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10061
    Bs—36 to 52 centimeters (14.2 to 20.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly sandy loam; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10062
    Cd—52 to 105 centimeters (20.5 to 41.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium platy structure; very firm; 0.0 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A10063