IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Stratton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977VT015003
  • User Pedon ID: S1977VT015003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977VT015003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4132
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40324
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Town of Stowe, Mt. Mansfield, 75 feet down Butler Lodge Trail from TV access road
  • 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 #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Stratton
  • PSC - 0 to 36 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

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    Abies balsamea

    Moss

    balsam fir

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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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    1164

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31560
    O2—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31561
    A2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) flaggy very fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31562
    A3—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; weakly smeary; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31563
    B21H—33 to 44 centimeters (13.0 to 17.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; moderately smeary; 0.5 roots; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31564
    R—44 to 100 centimeters (17.3 to 39.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31565