IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colonel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993VT005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1993VT005002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993VT005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0832
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66175
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 44.2572212
  • Std. Longitude: -72.2744446
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Take road to Silver Ledge Trail, approximately 1/2 mile on south side past log landing about 100 feet.
  • 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: Sandy, isotic, frigid Typic Endoaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Colonel
  • PSC - 40 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/6/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colonel
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Epiaquods
  • PSC - 25 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy lodgment till derived from granite
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Microfeature: tree-tip mound
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 46
  • Microrelief Elevation: 30
  • 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

    ABIES

    TSUGA

    Abies

    Tsuga

    fir

    hemlock

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

    densic material

    noncoherent

    98 -

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

    folistic epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    densic contact

    0—15

    15—24

    24—49

    98—

    —15—

    —9—

    —25—

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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

    4

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    403

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    225

    910

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    6

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; 10.0 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 600-800-1200 millimeter granite fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05748
    Oa—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) highly decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 600-800-1200 millimeter granite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05749
    E—15 to 24 centimeters (5.9 to 9.4 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 7 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05750
    Bhs1—24 to 30 centimeters (9.4 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 7 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 14 percent by volume , 22 percent by weight 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05751
    Bhs2—30 to 49 centimeters (11.8 to 19.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium and coarse prominent irregular and 20 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium prominent irregular mottles; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 6 percent by volume , 7 percent by weight 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05752
    BC—49 to 98 centimeters (19.3 to 38.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) stony loamy sand; 20 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium prominent irregular and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium and coarse prominent irregular mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 15 percent by volume , 24 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05753
    Cd—98 to 165 centimeters (38.6 to 65.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) stony loamy sand; 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium and coarse prominent irregular and 20 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) medium distinct irregular mottles; weak thin platy structure; very friable; 3 percent by volume subrounded 600-600-1000 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume , subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P05754