IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berkshire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976VT015004
  • User Pedon ID: S1976VT015004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976VT015004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3946
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39591
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 44.5577774
  • Std. Longitude: -72.3933334
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: town of Wolcott, 1 mile east of East Hill road, on unnamed road, 400 feet north on woods road
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT015—Lamoille
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT015—Lamoille County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David L. Yost and Richard Babcock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Berkshire
  • PSC - 33 to 108 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BERKSHIRE
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: supraglacial meltout till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ABIES

    PICEA

    Abies

    Picea

    fir

    spruce

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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

    0—14

    8—14

    14—26

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    —6—

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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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    Oa—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (5YR 2/1); very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30211
    E—8 to 14 centimeters (3.1 to 5.5 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30212
    Bhs—14 to 18 centimeters (5.5 to 7.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30213
    Bs1—18 to 26 centimeters (7.1 to 10.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30214
    Bs2—26 to 46 centimeters (10.2 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very fine sandy loam; very friable; 3.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30215
    Bs3—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30216
    BC—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30217
    C1—79 to 115 centimeters (31.1 to 45.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30218
    C2—115 to 173 centimeters (45.3 to 68.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 roots; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30219
    C3—173 to 208 centimeters (68.1 to 81.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 0.1 roots; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30220