IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hollis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999CT005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1999CT005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999CT005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0553
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11412
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.9174843
  • Std. Longitude: -72.9431381
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Located in the town of Barkhamsted, CT, 2400 feet Northeast along Route 219, from the intersection of Route 318, 200 feet north of Route 219 in a wooded area.
  • Map Unit: 73E—Charlton-Chatfield complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes, very rocky
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT005—Litchfield
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-H8—New Hartford, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DP, DF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Dystrudepts
  • 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hollis
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hollis
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Dystrudept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: glaciated upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: at 41cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACSA3

    BELE

    BEPA

    CARYA

    FRAM2

    FRAXI

    PIAB

    PIST

    QURU

    TSUGA

    Acer saccharum

    Betula lenta

    Betula papyrifera

    Carya

    Fraxinus americana

    Fraxinus

    Picea abies

    Pinus strobus

    Quercus rubra

    Tsuga

    sugar maple

    sweet birch

    paper birch

    hybrid hickory

    white ash

    ash

    Norway spruce

    eastern white pine

    northern red oak

    hemlock

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    41 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—11

    11—41

    41—

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    —30—

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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

    40

    120

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    235

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    270

    1150

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03441; observed in pit, small
    Oe—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03442; observed in pit, small
    A—4 to 11 centimeters (1.6 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 7 percent clay; weak very fine, and coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 21.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03443; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—11 to 26 centimeters (4.3 to 10.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; weak very fine, and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine pores; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03444; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very fine structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; very abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 99P03445; observed in pit, small
    2R—41 centimeters (16.1 inches); bedrock; very slow permeability; extremely high excavation difficulty; fragments.; observed in pit, small