IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lyman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978VT025007
  • User Pedon ID: S1978VT025007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978VT025007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0346
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45900
  • 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: 43.1597214
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6388855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Grafton, Grafton State Park; 100 yards, south at campground
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT025—Windham
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT025—Windham County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Yost and W. Sheehan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, isotic, frigid Lithic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lyman
  • PSC - 0 to 30 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 - 5/17/1978
  • 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: 5/17/1978 (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

    BETUL

    PICEA

    Betula

    Picea

    birch

    spruce

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    30 -

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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

    0—30

    13—30

    30—

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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

    12

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    439

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    Oi—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    Oa—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A2—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; weakly smeary; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01820
    Bhs—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately smeary; 3.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 78P01821
    R—30 centimeters (11.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.