IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hogback
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000VT019001
  • User Pedon ID: S2000VT019001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000VT019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1342
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12835
  • 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: 44.9865837
  • Std. Longitude: -72.5022202
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 735 feet south of Rte 105 on long trail, 20 feet east of trail.
  • Map Unit: 112E—Hogback-Rawsonville complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very rocky
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT019—Orleans
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT019—Orleans County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44072-H5—Jay Peak, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Long, Carinthia Grayson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, isotic, frigid Lithic Haplohumods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hogback
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hogback
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, isotic, frigid Lithic Haplorthod (Humod)
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: h slight weathered schist, unspecified with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 250- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: Atlas #7
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ACPE

    FAGUS

    MACA4

    VILA11

    Acer pensylvanicum

    Fagus

    Maianthemum canadense

    Viburnum lantanoides

    striped maple

    beech

    Canada mayflower

    hobblebush

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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

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    671

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    45

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Oe—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1); massive; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Oa—8 to 10 centimeters (3.1 to 3.9 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1); weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 21.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; abrupt smooth boundary.
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; nonsmeary; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07841
    Bhs—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 00P07845. Rawsonville site; latitude-deg: 44, min: 59, sec: 9.31; longitude-deg: 72, min: 30, sec: 7.61.
    Bhs—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 00P07847. another Hogback site; latitude-deg: 44, min: 59; sec: 7.40; longitude-deg: 72, min: 30, sec: 8.63.
    Bhs1—20 to 23 centimeters (7.9 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2) very fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; moderately smeary; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07842
    Bhs1/2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 00P07844. composite sample of this pedon.
    Bhs—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 00P07846. another Hogback site; latitude-deg: 44, min: 59, sec: 9.91; longitude-deg: 72, min: 30, sec: 10.13.
    Bhs2—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) very fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; moderately smeary; 21.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07843
    R—48 centimeters (18.9 inches); fragments.