IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loonmeadow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001CT005003
  • User Pedon ID: S2001CT005003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: CT01005003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0949
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14403
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 42.0327606
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1623077
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: South Sandisfield quadrangle: 2200 feet NE along Summer Lane from the intersection of Summer Lane and Loon Meadow Drive, 100 feet S of Summer Lane in a wooded area.
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT005—Litchfield
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Parizek, D. Frigon, S. McVey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, nonacid, frigid Typic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Loonmeadow
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loonmeadow
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy ablation till derived from schist
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding for brief periods begining in jan
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent nonflat subrounded 250- to 610-millimeter schist, unspecified,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/2001 (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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • 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

    aquic conditions

    0—30

    0—200

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    7/25/2001

    7/25/2001

    50

    25

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    11

    12
    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

    1

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    430

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    180

    1200

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    115

    6

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    Oa—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) crushed, dry; highly decomposed plant material; soft, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 7.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 40.0 very fine high-continuity irregular and 30.0 fine high-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05002; moist when described; observed in trench
    A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) crushed, dry; mucky fine sandy loam; weak coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 30.0 very fine high-continuity irregular and 25.0 fine high-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-40-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05003; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bg—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, light gray (5Y 7/2) crushed, dry; cobbly loamy fine sand; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine low-continuity irregular and 2.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent very coarse faint irregular noncoherent cemented black (5Y 2.5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 15 percent very coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 15 percent very coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 250-400-610 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-40-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-125-250 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05004; very moist when described; observed in trench. Lenses of loamy & sandy material throughout horizon.
    Cg—53 to 80 centimeters (20.9 to 31.5 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, light gray (5Y 7/1) crushed, dry; loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-40-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N05005; wet when described; observed in trench. About 1% paragravel present.
    2Cg1—80 to 122 centimeters (31.5 to 48.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) crushed, dry; very gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, firm, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 15 percent coarse faint irregular noncoherent cemented olive (5Y 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat angular 250-400-610 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subrounded 5-90-175 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-40-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N05006; wet when described; observed in trench. About 1% paragravel present.
    2Cg2—122 to 200 centimeters (48.0 to 78.7 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) crushed, dry; very gravelly loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-40-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red. Lab sample # 01N05007; wet when described; observed in trench