IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berkshire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978VT025010
  • User Pedon ID: S1978VT025010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0349
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45903
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 42.9124985
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6708298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1/4 mile east of Marlboro line, 1/4 mile north of Brattleboro line, 50 feet north of jeep road, 300 feet west of Sunset Lake road
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT025—Windham
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT025—Windham County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Yost and W. Sheehan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Berkshire
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berkshire
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/1978
  • 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: 5/18/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments.
    AP—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01831
    B21HIR—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01832
    B22IR—28 to 39 centimeters (11.0 to 15.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01833
    B3—39 to 49 centimeters (15.4 to 19.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P01834
    C1—49 to 71 centimeters (19.3 to 28.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01835
    C2—71 to 135 centimeters (28.0 to 53.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P01836
    R—135 to 200 centimeters (53.1 to 78.7 inches); fragments.