IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Adams
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995VT005005
  • User Pedon ID: S1995VT005005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68093
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 44.5736122
  • Std. Longitude: -72.0005569
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Little Egypt development complex - 2340 feet West from Rte 5, 400 feet South in abandon field about 40 feet from edge of woods.
  • 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 #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Adams
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Typic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: fluvial terrace
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 26-165
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    spodic horizon

    abrupt textural change

    23—28

    66—0

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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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    45

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00090
    Ap2—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00091
    Bhs—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face loamy fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00092
    Bs—28 to 35 centimeters (11.0 to 13.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00093
    BC—36 to 70 centimeters (14.2 to 27.6 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) broken face loamy fine sand; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00094
    2C—70 to 165 centimeters (27.6 to 65.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P00095