IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scantic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995VT005003A
  • User Pedon ID: S1995VT005003A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68091
  • 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: 44.2161734
  • Std. Longitude: -72.0637039
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 18,800 feet North of Orange County line. 4200 Feet west of Connecticut River. 150 West of Interstate above Manchester Brook to the North.
  • 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-B1—Woodsville, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger Dekett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, nonacid, frigid Typic Epiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Scantic
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buxton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, nonacid Aeric Epiaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/1992
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/27/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 43-130
  • 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

    45

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    158

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    Oi—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 96P00080
    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00080
    Bg1—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bg2—11 to 16 centimeters (4.3 to 6.3 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    BCg—16 to 25 centimeters (6.3 to 9.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; silt coats on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine and medium olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) iron concretions between peds; 10 percent fine gray (5Y 5/1) between peds; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    Cg1—25 to 35 centimeters (9.8 to 13.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; weak thin platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; silt coats on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) iron concretions between peds; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Cg2—35 to 65 centimeters (13.8 to 25.6 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; massive; firm; silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium olive (5Y 4/3) iron concretions between peds; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments.