IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999CT013002
  • User Pedon ID: S1999CT013002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999CT013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0202
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11710
  • 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: 41.9674797
  • Std. Longitude: -72.2689514
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Crooked Rd Site, Harvard Forest Hemlock Study. About 3/4 mile east southeast of Stafford St. Cemetery, just west of Nipmuck State Forest.
  • Map Unit: 73C—Charlton-Chatfield complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT013—Tolland
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-H3—Stafford Springs, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Faber, S. Finn, notes by S. McVey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, parasesquic, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookfield
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/1999 (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

    BEAL2

    TSCA

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Tsuga canadensis

    yellow birch

    eastern hemlock

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

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    cambic horizon

    0—8

    0—3

    8—43

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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

    10

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    239

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    165

    1200

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P01510; observed in pit, small. texture-Mod: HB
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed, dry; highly organic sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine roots and very coarse roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P01511; observed in pit, small. structure-org: P; rock fragment-kind: SCH; horizon is intermittent.
    Bw1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) crushed, dry; sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01512; observed in pit, small. structure-org: P; rock fragments-kind: SCH.
    Bw2—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) crushed, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) crushed, dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01513; observed in pit, small. structure-org: P; rock fragments-kind: SCH.
    BC—43 to 70 centimeters (16.9 to 27.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed, brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) crushed, dry; gravelly loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01514; observed in pit, small. structure-org: P; rock fragments-kind: SCH.
    C—70 to 108 centimeters (27.6 to 42.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed, yellow (10YR 7/6) crushed, dry; very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 10 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 00P01515; observed in pit, small. structure-org: G; rock fragments-kind: SCH; rock fragments: 15% fine gravel.