IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rawsonville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976VT019002
  • User Pedon ID: S1976VT019002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976VT019002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4127
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40319
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 44.9763870
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5083313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1/2 mile south of Route 105 on long trail.
  • Map Unit: 112E—Hogback-Rawsonville complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very rocky
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT019—Orleans
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT019—Orleans County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44072-H5—Jay Peak, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Gowdey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Typic Haplohumods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rawsonville
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2008
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berkshire Var.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/17/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial till
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: schist, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/17/1976 (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

    ACRU

    BETUL

    FAGUS

    FRAXI

    Acer rubrum

    Betula

    Fagus

    Fraxinus

    red maple

    birch

    beech

    ash

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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

    11

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    730

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    225

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31530
    O2—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 40A31531
    A2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; 0.5 roots throughout; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A31532
    B2ih—18 to 22 centimeters (7.1 to 8.7 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; massive; 21.0 roots throughout; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31533
    B22ir—22 to 30 centimeters (8.7 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) very fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots throughout; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31534
    B23ir—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak very fine, and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots throughout; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31535
    C1—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; massive; 0.5 roots between peds; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A31536
    R—69 to 100 centimeters (27.2 to 39.4 inches); fragments.