IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lyman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978VT025004
  • User Pedon ID: S1978VT025004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0343
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45897
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 43.0102768
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5947189
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Brookline, Putney Mountain; 100 feet north of Putney Mountain road at height of land 70 feet west of woods road
  • 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: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lyman
  • PSC - 30 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2014
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lyman
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, frigid Lithic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/1978
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/16/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    43 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    lithic contact

    5—43

    18—25

    43—

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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

    5

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    463

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    Ap—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01804
    Bs1—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; moderately smeary; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01805
    Bs2—25 to 35 centimeters (9.8 to 13.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; moderately smeary; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01806
    Bs3—35 to 43 centimeters (13.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; weakly smeary; 21.0 fine to coarse roots; 7 percent by volume , 10 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01806
    R—43 centimeters (16.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.