IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vershire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985VT027027
  • User Pedon ID: S1985VT027027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0978
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57244
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 43.7597237
  • Std. Longitude: -72.2825012
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 610 meters NW of Goodrich Four Corners and 245 meters W of a town road.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT027—Windsor
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David G. Van Houten and Henry J. Ferguson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 27
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vershire
  • PSC - 30 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/2014
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tunbridge
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Dystrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1985 (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

    bedrock, lithic

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    106 -

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    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

    lithic contact

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—2

    0—8

    2—5

    8—48

    106—

    106—

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    —-

    —-

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    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

    22

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    —

    230

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    90

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    —

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); peat; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P5289
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); mucky peat; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P5290
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P5291. 1% coarse gravel.; many very fine roots; many fine and medium roots
    Bw1—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P5292. 1% coarse gravel.; many very fine roots; many fine and medium roots
    Bw2—13 to 35 centimeters (5.1 to 13.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P5293. 1% coarse gravel.; many fine and medium roots
    Bw3—35 to 48 centimeters (13.8 to 18.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P5294. 3% coarse gravel.; common very fine and fine roots
    C1—48 to 86 centimeters (18.9 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P5295. 4% coarse gravel.; few very fine and fine roots
    C2—86 to 106 centimeters (33.9 to 41.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior loamy sand; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P5296. 15% coarse gravel.
    R—106 to 131 centimeters (41.7 to 51.6 inches); bedrock; fragments. Hard rock, schist.