IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HOUGHTONVILLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977VT025005
  • User Pedon ID: S1977VT025005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977VT025005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0054
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45064
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Windham County, Vermont, Town of Stratton; 400 feet northwest of Sun Bowl gate, Stratton Mountain ski area.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT025—Windham
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT025—Windham County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Sheehan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HOUGHTONVILLE
  • Classificaton Date - 6/24/2004
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berkshire
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/1977
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/1977 (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

    ACRU

    ACSA2

    BEOC2

    FRAXI

    TILIA

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharinum

    Betula occidentalis

    Fraxinus

    Tilia

    red maple

    silver maple

    water birch

    ash

    basswood

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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

    17

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    549

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); muck; fragments.
    O2—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); muck; fragments.
    A1—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt broken boundary.
    B21hir—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; moderately smeary; 21.0 roots; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00312
    B22hir—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) cobbly fine sandy loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; moderately smeary; 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.
    B23hir—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) cobbly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately smeary; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary.
    C—84 to 147 centimeters (33.1 to 57.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red.