IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leicester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982CT007004
  • User Pedon ID: S1982CT007004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0386
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52623
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 41.4147224
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5119476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Middlesex County, CT; Town of Chester; Cockaponset State Forest Project area, control watershed; Service Site 11.
  • Map Unit: 47C—Woodbridge fine sandy loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT007—Middlesex
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Roberts and R. Shook
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Aeric Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Leicester
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/4/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leicester
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: glaciated upland
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    endosaturation

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—28

    28—44

    28—153

    28—153

    89—153

    —28—

    —16—

    —125—

    —125—

    —64—
    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

    2

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    —

    130

    —

    180

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior peat; fragments.
    Oa—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior muck; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 2.5 medium and coarse roots and 5.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P1758. many fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    A—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior very stony loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 2.5 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P1759. common fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    Bg—28 to 44 centimeters (11.0 to 17.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior very stony fine sandy loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium and coarse distinct and 11 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P1760. Common medium and coarse, distinct, brown (10YR 3/3, 4/3) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) mottles.; few fine and medium roots; common medium and coarse distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium and coarse distinct 10YR58 mottles; common medium and coarse distinct 10YR33 mottles
    C1—44 to 67 centimeters (17.3 to 26.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior cobbly fine sandy loam; 30 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P1761. Lenses of brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand that make-up 20 percent of the horizon.; few fine roots; many 2.5Y52 mottles; many 7.5YR56 mottles
    C2—67 to 89 centimeters (26.4 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior cobbly sandy loam; 30 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 30 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; massive; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P1762. Many red (2.5YR 5/8) mottles and variegations.; many 10YR51 mottles; many 10YR61 mottles; many 7.5YR56 mottles
    2C—89 to 153 centimeters (35.0 to 60.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly fine sandy loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) mottles; massive; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. common 7.5YR56 mottles; common 10YR44 mottles