IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stratton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977VT015001
  • User Pedon ID: S1977VT015001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977VT015001
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lamoille County, Vermont Typical Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4131
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40323
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Town of Stowe, 3.4 miles up toll road from base of Mt. Mansfield, 100 feet west of curve
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT015—Lamoille
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT015—Lamoille County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Yost, R. Babcock, J. Pratt, and R. Bartlett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Humic Lithic Cryorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Stratton
  • PSC - 25 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - STRATTON
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1977 (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

    2MOSS

    ABBA

    PIRU

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    Abies balsamea

    Picea rubens

    Moss

    balsam fir

    red 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

    52

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    957

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31554
    O2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31555
    B21H—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) flaggy silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; strongly fluid; 21.0 roots; 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31556
    B22H—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) flaggy silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; strongly fluid; 21.0 roots; 40 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31557
    B23IR—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; strongly fluid; 3.0 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A31558
    R—51 to 100 centimeters (20.1 to 39.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31559