IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hollis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002CT005006
  • User Pedon ID: S2002CT005006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002CT005006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - LIMS
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N1101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14737
  • User Project ID: 2018
  • Project Name: MLRA 144A 149B- Archive soil climate and water monitoring data
  • 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: 41.7556111
  • Std. Longitude: -73.4770833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Pond Mountain control site
  • Map Unit: 75E—Hollis-Chatfield-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT005—Litchfield
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT005—Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41073-G4—Ellsworth, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Deb Surabian, Nels Barrett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.3a
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hollis
  • PSC - 2 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2003
  • Classifier - Shawn McVey
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hollis
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 2 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2002
  • Classifier - Deb Surabian
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till over gneiss and/or schist
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: gneiss at 38cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Deb Surabian, Nels Barrett
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oe

    Oa

    Bw1

    Bw2

    2R

    0

    2

    5

    18

    38

    2

    5

    18

    38

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oe

    Oa

    Bw1

    Bw2

    2R

    0

    2

    5

    18

    38

    2

    5

    18

    38

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oe

    Oa

    Bw1

    Bw2

    2R

    0

    2

    5

    18

    38

    2

    5

    18

    38

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QURU

    VAAN

    Quercus rubra

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    northern red oak

    lowbush blueberry

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

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    38 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—5

    5—38

    38—

    —5—

    —33—

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

    7/23/2002

    7/23/2002

    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

    26

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moderately decomposed plant material; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05782
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; highly decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05783
    Bw1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots and 8.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 5.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05784
    Bw2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 medium roots and 8.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 3.0 medium tubular pores; 12 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; very abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 02N05785
    2R—38 centimeters (15.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.