IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Glebe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985VT027010
  • User Pedon ID: S1985VT027010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985VT027010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0876
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57142
  • 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: 43.4127769
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7419434
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Windsor County, town of Ludlow, Photo 38-211. 200 feet east of the Rutland County line and 1000 feet south of the Mountain Road on Okemo Mountain.
  • Map Unit: 60D—Glebe-Stratton complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT027—Windsor
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-STJ—Saint Johnsbury, Vermont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT027—Windsor County, Vermont
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Henry J. Ferguson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic Typic Humicryods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Glebe
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Glebe
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (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
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    ACPE

    BEPA

    SORBU

    Abies balsamea

    Acer pensylvanicum

    Betula papyrifera

    Sorbus

    balsam fir

    striped maple

    paper birch

    mountain ash

    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

    20

    835

    0

    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, dry; slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; moderately decomposed plant material; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Oa—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); black (5YR 2/1) highly decomposed plant material; weak very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; 7 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; abrupt broken boundary.
    Bh—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); black (N 2/0) fine sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 3 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 85P04690
    Bhs—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; 58 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 2 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately smeary; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 85P04691
    Bs1—33 to 45 centimeters (13.0 to 17.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; 58 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 2 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately smeary; 3.0 roots; 7 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear irregular boundary.
    Bs2—45 to 53 centimeters (17.7 to 20.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 2 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately smeary; 3.0 roots; 7 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04692
    Bs3—53 to 63 centimeters (20.9 to 24.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 2 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; weakly smeary; 3.0 roots; 7 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04693
    C—63 to 76 centimeters (24.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 2 percent clay; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; 25 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green; abrupt irregular boundary.
    R—76 centimeters (29.9 inches); fragments.