IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BUXTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975VT023001
  • User Pedon ID: S1975VT023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4130
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40322
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1/2 mile east of Vt. 100 and 1/4 mile N.E. of Waitsfield Common, gently sloping hill
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT023—Washington
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT023—Washington County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BUXTON
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1975
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1975 (actual site observation 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
    • 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

    3

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    250

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary.
    B21—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silt loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31551
    B22—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, greenish gray (5GY 5/1), dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; coarse platy structure; firm; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.
    C1—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) exterior and olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; firm; very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary.
    C2—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) and dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) silt loam; 20 percent clay; firm; very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified.