IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Adams
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995VT005004
  • User Pedon ID: S1995VT005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68092
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 44.5733337
  • Std. Longitude: -72.0005569
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Little Egypt development Complex - 2340 feet West from Rte 5, 500 feet South In Woods Near Edge of field about 30 feet in.
  • 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-E1—Lyndonville, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger Dekett
  • 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 #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Adams
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Typic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Microfeature: mound
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 26-165
  • 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    5—10

    10—15

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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

    2

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    238

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    180

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00081
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 96P00089
    E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 21.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 96P00082
    Bhs—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 21.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00083
    Bs—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00084
    BC1—30 to 85 centimeters (11.8 to 33.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00085
    BC2—87 to 105 centimeters (34.3 to 41.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), dry; fine sand; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00086
    C1—105 to 125 centimeters (41.3 to 49.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00087
    C2—125 to 165 centimeters (49.2 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 96P00088