IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brayton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992VT019001
  • User Pedon ID: S1992VT019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992VT019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0069
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65413
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 44.8141670
  • Std. Longitude: -72.3766632
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 5 km ENE of Lowell on VT 58, 100 meters S of road.
  • Map Unit: 247C—Colonel-Cabot complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT019—Orleans
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT019—Orleans County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44072-G4—Lowell, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger Dekett, Carinthia Grayson, Robert Long
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, frigid Aeric Epiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brayton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brayton
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid, frigid Aeric Haplaqu
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/1992
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 0
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAREX

    EQUIS

    ONSE

    PHLEU

    RANUN

    Carex

    Equisetum

    Onoclea sensibilis

    Phleum

    Ranunculus

    sedge

    horsetail

    sensitive fern

    timothy

    buttercup

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—14

    14—60

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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

    11

    100

    60

    442

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    315

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 2 percent by volume subangular 20-48-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00481
    Ap2—8 to 14 centimeters (3.1 to 5.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine prominent and 10 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine prominent mottles; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 2 percent by volume subangular 20-48-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00482
    Bw—14 to 32 centimeters (5.5 to 12.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very fine sandy loam; 25 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine and medium prominent and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume subangular 20-48-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00483
    BC—32 to 60 centimeters (12.6 to 23.6 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loam; 25 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine faint and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 7 percent by volume subangular 20-48-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00484
    Cd1—60 to 110 centimeters (23.6 to 43.3 inches); 50 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 50 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) loam; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate thick platy structure; firm; 7 percent by volume subangular 20-48-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00485. The platy structure is from the parent material, and there is pedological weathering between plates as evidenced by the (5Y 5/1) and (2.5Y 4/3) colors.
    Cd2—110 to 165 centimeters (43.3 to 65.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) loam; 10 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium faint and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 10 percent by volume subangular 20-48-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00486. The platy structure is from the parent material, and the color is predominantly (5Y 4/2) between plates.
    Cd3—165 to 180 centimeters (65.0 to 70.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) loam; 10 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 12 percent by volume subangular 20-48-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 93P00487. Angular blocky structure (acute angles perhaps due to pressure release).