IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Deerfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005CT003003
  • User Pedon ID: S2005CT003003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2005CT003003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0879
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17924
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 41.7516937
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6093369
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hartford County, Town of East Hartford, next to Depietro's family farm, approximately 945 feet WNW from the intersection of Forbes Street and Godar Terrace, in a forested area.
  • Map Unit: 21A—Ninigret and Tisbury soils, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT003—Hartford
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-F5—Glastonbury, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Parizek, C. Morgan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Aquic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Deerfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/2012
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ninigret
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
  • Current Air Temp - 32
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    OSCI

    PIST

    VACO

    Acer rubrum

    Osmunda cinnamomea

    Pinus strobus

    Vaccinium corymbosum

    red maple

    cinnamon fern

    eastern white pine

    highbush blueberry

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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

    sapric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    aquic conditions

    endosaturation

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—5

    5—11

    11—18

    18—22

    41—66

    41—130

    66—130

    66—130

    66—91

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

    8/10/2005

    50

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    15
    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

    3

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    9

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    285

    1250

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    160

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 20.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04508; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 35.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04509; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); highly decomposed plant material; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 very coarse roots throughout and 15.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 05N04510; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    AE—18 to 22 centimeters (7.1 to 8.7 inches); 50 percent black (10YR 2/1) crushed and 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, dry; highly organic loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 very coarse roots throughout and 15.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; 0.75 Lee spring of penetrometer; 1.25 Lee spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04511; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—22 to 41 centimeters (8.7 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; 4.5 Lee spring of penetrometer; 3.75 Lee spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04512; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; high horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, in matrix; fragments; 4 Original spring of penetrometer; 3.25 Original spring of penetrometer; 4.5 Original spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04513; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed fine sand; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, in matrix; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, in matrix; fragments; 1 original spring of penetrometer; 1.25 original spring of penetrometer; 1.5 original spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04514; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    CB—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed sand; massive; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, in matrix and 25 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, in matrix; 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, in matrix; fragments; 1.75 original spring of penetrometer; 2.25 original spring of penetrometer; 1.5 original spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04515; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C—91 to 118 centimeters (35.8 to 46.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed gravelly sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low horizontal penetration resistance; rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, in matrix; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-15-75 millimeter mixed fragments; 1.5 Lee spring of penetrometer; 2 Lee spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04516; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg—118 to 130 centimeters (46.5 to 51.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; extremely high excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green. Lab sample # 05N04517; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small