IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Paxton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975CT013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1975CT013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975CT013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - LIMS
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0343
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49187
  • 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: 41.7919444
  • Std. Longitude: -72.2252778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Agronomy part of Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Farm about 1 mile south of Storrs, Conn., Tolland County, Conn.
  • Map Unit: 84B—Paxton and Montauk fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT013—Tolland
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT013—Tolland County, Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-G2—Spring Hill, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D.S. Fanning
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Paxton
  • PSC - 25 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Paxton
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiochrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1984
  • Classifier - D.S. Fanning
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - timothy-red clover hay
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy lodgment till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: drumlin
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/15/2014 (entry creation date)
  • 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

    DAGL

    PHPR3

    TRPR2

    Dactylis glomerata

    Phleum pratense

    Trifolium pratense

    orchardgrass

    timothy

    red clover

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

    densic material

    noncoherent

    61 - 69

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

    aquic conditions

    0—15

    15—61

    61—

    61—69

    61—69

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    —46—

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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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    205

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    22

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01776. boundary is wavy on a fine scale with pockets 3-5 cm deep and 5-8 cm wide
    Ap—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P01781. This is a subsample of the Ap horizon for bulk analysis
    B—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P01782. This is a subsample of the Bw1 horizon for bulk analysis
    Bw1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 30 percent krotovinas (volume percent); clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P01777
    Bw2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); variegated dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P01778. redder colors toward the top of horizon and yellower toward bottom with chroma decreasing slightly downward
    Bw3—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P01779
    Cd—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate coarse platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 81P01780