IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Skerry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993VT005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1993VT005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993VT005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0831
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66174
  • 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: 44.2574997
  • Std. Longitude: -72.2911148
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 1/2 mile past Silver Ledge Trail, turn left onto logging road, head south about 1/4 mile then approximately 700 feet into woods on north side.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT005—Caledonia
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT005—Caledonia County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44072-C3—Marshfield, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Dekett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Skerry
  • PSC - 28 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/3/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dixfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Aquic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Microfeature: mound
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 12.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: Sheet 46
  • Microrelief Elevation: 20
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACER

    FAGUS

    Acer

    Fagus

    maple

    beech

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    69 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    densic contact

    0—8

    3—8

    8—21

    69—

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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

    18

    305

    122

    500

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    50

    910

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    6

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; 12 percent by volume subrounded 600-?-? millimeter granite fragments. Lab sample # 93P05740
    E—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume , 15 percent by weight 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05741. Because the surface is extremely bouldery (transect shows about 12% boulders), should the surface texture be bouldery fine sandy loam?
    Bhs1—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 16 percent by volume , 24 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P05742
    Bhs2—13 to 21 centimeters (5.1 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 21 percent by volume , 32 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05743
    Bs—21 to 33 centimeters (8.3 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) very gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.0 medium roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 27 percent by volume , 41 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05744
    BC—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very gravelly sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct irregular mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 25 percent by volume , 37 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05745
    Cd—69 to 130 centimeters (27.2 to 51.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) gravelly loamy sand; 5 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine distinct irregular and 10 percent olive (5Y 5/6) fine distinct irregular and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent irregular mottles; weak thin platy structure; firm; 5 percent by volume subrounded 600-?-? millimeter granite fragments and 5 percent by volume , subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P05746