IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Canton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CT007003
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CT007003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000CT007003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0200
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11708
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 41.4969444
  • Std. Longitude: -72.4861145
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2,000 feet west of MT. Tom
  • Map Unit: 73E—Charlton-Chatfield complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes, very rocky
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT007—Middlesex
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-D4—Deep River, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. McVey, D. Frigon, D. Parizek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal over loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Canton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Canton
  • Classificaton Date - 10/13/2000
  • 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
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/2000 (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

    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

    102 - 154

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

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—3

    3—11

    102—154

    102—154

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    —8—

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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

    50

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    110

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    260

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed, dry; slightly decomposed plant material; loose, loose; low toughness; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01499
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, dry; highly organic gravelly loamy coarse sand; moderate fine, and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout and 2.0 very coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01500. rock fragments: 10% fine gravel by sieve estimate; structure-org: P
    Bw1—11 to 20 centimeters (4.3 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01501. rock fragments: 10% fine gravel by sieve estimate; structure-org: P
    Bw2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, dry; very gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01502. rock fragments: 20% fine gravel by sieve estimate; structure-org: P
    BC—33 to 102 centimeters (13.0 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) crushed, dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; rapid permeability; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01503. structure-org: P
    2C—102 to 154 centimeters (40.2 to 60.6 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) exterior, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) crushed, dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; very rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 00P01504. structure-org: G