IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bucksport
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001CT005005
  • User Pedon ID: S2001CT005005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: CT01005005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0951
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14405
  • User Project ID: 2018
  • Project Name: MLRA 144A 149B- Archive soil climate and water monitoring data
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.9602356
  • Std. Longitude: -73.2483139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT005—Litchfield
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Parizek, D. Frigon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, frigid Typic Haplohemists
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bucksport
  • PSC - 0 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/28/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bucksport
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: well decomposed herbaceous organic material and/or well decomposed woody organic material
  • Landform: bog, swamp
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods begining in sep
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods begining in sep
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/30/2001 (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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    BEAL2

    BETUL

    KALA

    NYSY

    OSCI

    PIRU

    SPHAG2

    TSCA

    Acer rubrum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Betula

    Kalmia latifolia

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Osmunda cinnamomea

    Picea rubens

    Sphagnum

    Tsuga canadensis

    red maple

    yellow birch

    birch

    mountain laurel

    blackgum

    cinnamon fern

    red spruce

    sphagnum

    eastern hemlock

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

    fibric soil materials

    hemic soil materials

    fibric soil materials

    0—11

    11—117

    117—156

    —11—

    —106—

    —39—
    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    7/30/2001

    7/30/2001

    10

    50

    hobo pendant ua-001

    hobo pendant ua-001

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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

    0

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    466

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    0

    1200

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    105

    5.9

    16.1

    -5.3

    6.7

    11.6

    2.8

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    Oi—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) rubbed peat; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 50.0 very fine roots throughout and 65.0 fine roots throughout; 30.0 very coarse high-continuity irregular and 50.0 coarse high-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; extremely acid, pH 4.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05014; observed in shovel slice
    Oe1—11 to 33 centimeters (4.3 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed mucky peat; weak medium granular, and weak very coarse granular, and weak coarse granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15.0 very coarse roots throughout and 50.0 medium roots throughout and 65.0 fine roots throughout and 25.0 coarse roots throughout; 35.0 medium high-continuity irregular and 30.0 fine high-continuity irregular and 50.0 coarse high-continuity irregular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-5-10 millimeter wood fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05015; observed in shovel slice
    Oe2—33 to 117 centimeters (13.0 to 46.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed mucky peat; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 35.0 medium high-continuity irregular and 30.0 fine high-continuity irregular and 50.0 coarse high-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-5-10 millimeter wood fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05016; observed in push tube
    O'i—117 to 155 centimeters (46.1 to 61.0 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3) rubbed peat; massive; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 35.0 very fine high-continuity irregular and 30.0 fine high-continuity irregular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-5-10 millimeter wood fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified. Lab sample # 01N05017; observed in push tube