IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Paxton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981VT021001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981VT021001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0745
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49589
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 43.5977783
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0175018
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Rutland, County, VT: Photo number 7-086 Flory's Pit.
  • Map Unit: 31B—Paxton fine sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT021—Rutland
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-STJ—Saint Johnsbury, Vermont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT021—Rutland County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43073-E1—West Rutland, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Pratt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Paxton
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2013
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pittsfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till derived from metamorphic and sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    75 - 187

    - 112 -

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

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    lithologic discontinuity

    densic materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—6

    0—18

    6—10

    10—54

    75—

    75—107

    75—187

    107—187

    —6—

    —18—

    —4—

    —44—

    —-

    —32—

    —112—

    —80—
    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

    —

    —

    180

    —

    315

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Oi—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    Oe—6 to 10 centimeters (2.4 to 3.9 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior moderately decomposed plant material; 5.5 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. many roots
    Bw1—10 to 34 centimeters (3.9 to 13.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 41 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P4443. Coarse fragments 2-19 mm, 30% 20-75 mm, none 75-255 mm, 1% greater than 255 mm.; many roots
    Bw2—34 to 54 centimeters (13.4 to 21.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) interior very gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P4444. Coarse fragments 2-19 mm, 44% 20-75 mm, none 75-255 mm, 5% greater than 255 mm.; many roots
    BC—54 to 75 centimeters (21.3 to 29.5 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior extremely cobbly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots and 2.5 roots; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 39 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P4445. Coarse fragments 2-19 mm, 12% 20-75 mm, 39% 75-255 mm 10% greater than 255 mm.; common roots; few roots
    2Cd1—75 to 107 centimeters (29.5 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior gravelly loamy sand; massive; firm; 0.5 roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P4446. Coarse fragments 2-19 mm, 6% 20-75 mm, 5% greater than 255 mm.; few roots
    3Cd2—107 to 187 centimeters (42.1 to 73.6 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior extremely cobbly sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 41 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P4447. Coarse fragments 2-19 mm, 11% 20-75 mm, 41% 75-255 mm, 10% greater than 255 mm.; few roots