IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brayton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993VT005006
  • User Pedon ID: S1993VT005006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0836
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66179
  • 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: 44.4536095
  • Std. Longitude: -72.0922241
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the village of North Danville, turn south on Jamison Road. The first farm on the east side (about 800 feet from intersection). Site is located in woods next to pasture about 1000 feet south of buildings.
  • 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-D1—Saint Johnsbury, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DeKett and Van Houten
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brayton
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, nonacid Aeric Humaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: depression on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 33
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • 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
    • 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

    10

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    318

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    45

    970

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    6

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and black (N 2/0) very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter schist, acidic fragments and 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter schist, acidic fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05781. Texture felt loam, organic material may mask feel; 1 cm thick Oi horizon above A1 (oxidized rhizospheres)
    A2—10 to 14 centimeters (3.9 to 5.5 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter schist, acidic fragments and 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter schist, acidic fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P05782. Discontinuous, mixed in with A1 horizon
    Bw—14 to 23 centimeters (5.5 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very fine sandy loam; 5 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine and medium prominent spherical mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter schist, acidic fragments and 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter schist, acidic fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05783. Just above appears to be discontinuous highly organic material; base of Bw2 there is thin discontinuous rotten stone line
    BC—23 to 45 centimeters (9.1 to 17.7 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) very fine sandy loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent spherical mottles; weak thin platy structure; friable; 1.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter schist, acidic fragments and 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter schist, acidic fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05784
    Cd—45 to 150 centimeters (17.7 to 59.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) very fine sandy loam; 7 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent spherical and 15 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine and medium faint spherical mottles; weak thin platy structure; firm; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter schist, acidic fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter schist, acidic fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P05785. At about 70 cm limestone ghost stone fragments increase (10%); 93P5786 and 93P5787