IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): COLTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985VT027012
  • User Pedon ID: S1985VT027012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985VT027012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0879
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57145
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 43.4208336
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7144470
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Photo 38-213. 0.25 mile west of Vermont Route 103 and .32 mile northwest of the intersection of Vermont Route 100 and Vermont Route 103.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT027—Windsor
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT027—Windsor County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Henry J. Ferguson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - COLTON
  • Classificaton Date - 6/24/2004
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colton
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial gravels and sands
  • Landform: upper sideslope of an esker
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1985 (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

    FAGR

    PIMA

    PIPA2

    Fagus grandifolia

    Picea mariana

    Pinus palustris

    American beech

    black spruce

    longleaf pine

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    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

    10

    —

    —

    305

    —

    135

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); muck; fragments. Lab sample # 85P04696
    E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); gray (5YR 5/1) cobbly loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 18 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bhs—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; moderately smeary; 21.0 roots; 33 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04696
    Bs—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; weakly smeary; 3.0 roots; 38 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04697
    Bw—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) very gravelly loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; 50 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04698
    C—71 to 157 centimeters (28.0 to 61.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 50 percent by volume 2-?-74 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromcresol purple.