IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berkshire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976VT015009
  • User Pedon ID: S1976VT015009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976VT015009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3951
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39596
  • 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: 44.4947205
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6933365
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: town of Stowe, covered bridge development, Percy Hill
  • 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, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Berkshire
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - COLRAIN
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1976 (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

    PICEA

    Picea

    spruce

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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

    8

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30251
    A1—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine 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 # 40A30252
    A2—11 to 21 centimeters (4.3 to 8.3 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A30253
    B21IR—21 to 31 centimeters (8.3 to 12.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30254
    B22IR—31 to 41 centimeters (12.2 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30255
    B3—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30256
    C1—61 to 133 centimeters (24.0 to 52.4 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30257
    R—133 to 200 centimeters (52.4 to 78.7 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30258