IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nipmuck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004CT011001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004CT011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16873
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 41.5496222
  • Std. Longitude: -72.2569972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 100 ft South and 360 ft East of Stanavage Rd corner where Norwich Public Water Supply Access Rd starts/meets Stanavage Rd in the Town of Colchester, CT.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT011—New London
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shawn McVey, Deb Frigon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, parasesquic, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nipmuck
  • PSC - 30 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/30/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chatfield
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: melt-out till
  • Landscape: glaciated upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent moderate weathered schist, unspecified at 70cm with 10 to <45
  • Geology: Brimfield Schist formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 29
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    very strongly coherent

    70 - 200

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    5—13

    13—42

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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

    12

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    140.2

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    135

    1250

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    160

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) crushed, very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) crushed, dry; moderately decomposed plant material; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout; 50.0 very fine high-continuity irregular and 50.0 fine high-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/2) crushed, dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 25.0 medium roots throughout and 25.0 fine roots throughout; 25.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular and 25.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/3) crushed, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 20.0 medium roots throughout and 25.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 10.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.1, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—23 to 42 centimeters (9.1 to 16.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) crushed, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 14 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    CB—42 to 70 centimeters (16.5 to 27.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; very channery sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 45 percent by volume flat angular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; abrupt irregular boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Rj—70 to 100 centimeters (27.6 to 39.4 inches); bedrock; very slow permeability; extremely high excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified.; dry when described; observed in pit, small