IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Canton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999CT013004
  • User Pedon ID: S1999CT013004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999CT013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0204
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11712
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 41.7794266
  • Std. Longitude: -72.4092331
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Ashbrook site, Harvard Forest Hemlock Study. 1 mile south of Rt. 44 on Brewster Street, approx. 400 feet west of Brewster Street in a wooded forest.
  • Map Unit: 61C—Canton and Charlton fine sandy loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony
  • 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-G4—Rockville, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shawn McVey, Donald Parizek, Debbie Frigon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Canton
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2016
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Canton
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    TSCA

    Tsuga canadensis

    eastern hemlock

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

    strongly contrasting textural stratification

    noncoherent

    53 - 112

    - 59 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—10

    10—81

    53—112

    81—112

    —10—

    —71—

    —59—

    —31—
    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

    20

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    168

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    180

    1200

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01524; observed in pit, small. observation method: SP.
    Oa—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); highly decomposed plant material; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01525; observed in pit, small. chemical response-eff: pH; observation method: SP.
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; highly organic loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01526; observed in pit, small. rock fragments-kind: SCH & GNE; observation method: SP; chemical response-eff: pH.
    Bw1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine roots and very coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01527; observed in pit, small. rock fragments-kind: SCH & GNE; observation methods: SP; chemical response-eff: pH.
    Bw2—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine, and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01528; observed in pit, small. rock fragments-kind: SCH & GNE; observation method: SP; chemical response-eff: pH.
    Bw3—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 2.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01529; observed in pit, small. observation method: sp; rock fragments-kind_ SCH7 GNE; chemical response-eff: pH; large paraboulder (highly weathered boulder) 50% of horizon on it side.
    2C—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 00P01530; observed in pit, small. rock fragments-kind: SCH 7 GNE; observation method: SP; chemical response-eff: pH; of the gravel 20% is fine gravel.