IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999CT005006
  • User Pedon ID: S1999CT005006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999CT005006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0558
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11417
  • 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: 42.0098160
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1642782
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 2,000 feet North along a private gravel Road from the intersection with Loon Meadow Drive and about 1,400 feet Southwest of Doolittle Lake.
  • Map Unit: 427B—Ashfield fine sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT005—Litchfield
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42073-A2—South Sandisfield, Massachusetts
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shawn Finn, Harvey Luce, Donald Parizek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashfield
  • PSC - 31 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/13/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Woodbridge
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Aquic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/1999
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy lodgment till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent nonflat 250- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    BELE

    FRAM2

    OSCI

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Betula lenta

    Fraxinus americana

    Osmunda cinnamomea

    red maple

    sugar maple

    sweet birch

    white ash

    cinnamon fern

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

    umbric epipedon

    fibric soil materials

    hemic soil materials

    sapric soil materials

    cambic horizon

    densic materials

    densic materials

    0—30

    0—2

    2—5

    5—6

    30—61

    74—146

    74—

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    5

    436

    80

    1230

    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03477; observed in trench
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) moderately decomposed plant material; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03478; observed in trench
    Oa—5 to 6 centimeters (2.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) highly decomposed plant material; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03479; observed in trench
    A1—6 to 18 centimeters (2.4 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; very coarse roots throughout and 21.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03480; observed in trench. Soil penetrometer reading: .25, .75, .50, .75, .25.
    A2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; very coarse roots throughout and 21.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03481; observed in trench. Soil penetrometer reading: 1.50, .50, 1.25, 2.00, 1.50.
    Bw1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial and 3.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions on surfaces along root channels; 3 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03482; observed in trench. soil penetrometer reading: 1.75, 2.25, 1.50, 1.25, 1.50;
    Bw2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) cobbly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; very dark gray (5YR 3/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 11 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03483; observed in trench. soil penetrometer readings: 3.0, 2.75, 1.50, 4.00, 3.75;
    BC—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) cobbly fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine and medium roots in cracks; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 11 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03484; observed in trench. rupture resistance moist is also fine; soil penetrometer readings: 3.0, >5.0, 4.25, 1.50, 3.25;
    Cd1—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots in cracks; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent black (5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses and 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 99P03485; observed in trench. rupture resistance moist is also very firm in pockets; soil penetrometer readings: >5.0, >5.0, >5.0, >5.0, >5.0;
    Cd2—112 to 146 centimeters (44.1 to 57.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) cobbly fine sandy loam; massive; very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots in cracks; 0.5 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine prominent black (5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses and 11 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03486; observed in trench. rupture resistance moist also is firm; soil penetrometer reading: 4.50, 4.50, >5.0, 4.50, >5.0;
    C—146 to 200 centimeters (57.5 to 78.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine low-continuity tubular pores; distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses on horizontal faces of peds and 1 percent fine faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red. Lab sample # 99P03487; observed in trench. texture: LS pockets 10%; soil penetrometer reading: 3.0, 3.50, 3.50, 3.50, 4.25;