IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Peru
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993VT005004
  • User Pedon ID: S1993VT005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0834
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66177
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.2902794
  • Std. Longitude: -72.2997208
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.2 miles north of Boulder Beach Road on old railroad bed. About 15 feet off of the railroad bed on the west 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 and D. Van Houten
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Peru
  • PSC - 27 to 83 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 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till derived from granite
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Microfeature: tree-tip 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: 8/25/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 46
  • Microrelief Elevation: 24
  • 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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    83 -

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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—18

    9—18

    18—42

    83—

    —18—

    —9—

    —22—

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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

    16

    —

    —

    416

    —

    45

    910

    —

    —

    6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 93P05764
    A1—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 15.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 600-?-? millimeter granite fragments and 20 percent by volume , 29 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 # 93P05765
    A2—4 to 9 centimeters (1.6 to 3.5 inches); black (N 2/0) stony loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 15.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-600-600 millimeter granite fragments and 12 percent by volume , 18 percent by weight 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05766
    E—9 to 18 centimeters (3.5 to 7.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05767
    Bhs—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; weakly smeary; 15.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 13 percent by volume , 21 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05768
    Bs—28 to 42 centimeters (11.0 to 16.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) broken face stony fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; weakly smeary; 15.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 7 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 10 percent by volume , 15 percent by weight 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05769
    BC—42 to 55 centimeters (16.5 to 21.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) broken face gravelly fine sandy loam; 2 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine prominent spherical and 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent spherical mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; weakly smeary; 10.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter granite fragments and 11 percent by volume , 17 percent by weight ?-2 - 5 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05770
    C—55 to 83 centimeters (21.7 to 32.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) broken face cobbly sandy loam; 7 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium prominent spherical and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent spherical mottles; weak thin platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots between peds and 3.0 fine and medium roots in cracks; 10 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter granite fragments and 16 percent by volume , 24 percent by weight 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05771
    Cd1—83 to 172 centimeters (32.7 to 67.7 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) broken face gravelly sandy loam; 3 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine faint spherical and 7 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent threadlike and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent spherical mottles; weak thin platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 10 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter granite fragments and 21 percent by volume , 31 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 # 93P05772. 93P5773
    Cd2—172 to 184 centimeters (67.7 to 72.4 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) cobbly sandy loam; 4 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent threadlike and 6 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent spherical mottles; massive; firm; 10 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter granite fragments and 12 percent by volume , 18 percent by weight 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P05774. At 116 cm, the soil is saturated.