IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nipmuck
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004CT011004
  • User Pedon ID: S2004CT011004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: CT04011004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16876
  • 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: 41.5488972
  • Std. Longitude: -72.2561083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Deep River Reservoir. About 650 ft East of Stanavage Rd corner where Norwich Public Water Supply access Rd starts/meets Stanavage Rd and 350 ft South in Town of Colchester, CT.
  • Map Unit: 72E—Nipmuck-Brookfield complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes, very bouldery
  • 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, parasesquic, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nipmuck
  • PSC - 27 to 88 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 - 7/22/2004
  • 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: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent moderate weathered schist, unspecified at 88cm with 45 to <100
  • Geology: Brimfield Schist formation of the Obr group.
  • Surface Fragments: 5.00 percent nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 180- to 500-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/2004 (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 - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 29
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    BEAL2

    BELE

    CAPE6

    CARYA

    CHIMA

    DEPU2

    FAGR

    GAYLU

    MACA4

    PRSE2

    QURU

    RUFL

    VAAN

    VIAC

    Acer rubrum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Betula lenta

    Carex pensylvanica

    Carya

    Chimaphila

    Dennstaedtia punctilobula

    Fagus grandifolia

    Gaylussacia

    Maianthemum canadense

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus rubra

    Rubus flagellaris

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    Viburnum acerifolium

    red maple

    yellow birch

    sweet birch

    Pennsylvania sedge

    hybrid hickory

    prince's pine

    eastern hayscented fern

    American beech

    huckleberry

    Canada mayflower

    black cherry

    northern red oak

    northern dewberry

    lowbush blueberry

    mapleleaf viburnum

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

    bedrock, lithic

    very strongly coherent

    88 - 200

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    2—17

    17—59

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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

    17

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    146.3

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    1250

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    170

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) crushed, black (7.5YR 2.5/1) crushed, dry; moderately decomposed plant material; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 50.0 very fine high-continuity irregular and 50.0 fine high-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05536; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap—2 to 17 centimeters (0.8 to 6.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 30.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 25.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 15.0 very fine high-continuity irregular and 10.0 fine high-continuity irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N05537; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—17 to 43 centimeters (6.7 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 10.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05538; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—43 to 59 centimeters (16.9 to 23.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N05539; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—59 to 76 centimeters (23.2 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 80-100-175 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 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 irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N05540; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C—76 to 88 centimeters (29.9 to 34.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed, dry; loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 80-100-175 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N05541; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Rj—88 to 100 centimeters (34.6 to 39.4 inches); bedrock; very slow permeability; extremely high excavation difficulty; fragments.; observed in pit, small