IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Manchester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005CT007002
  • User Pedon ID: S2005CT007002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2005CT007002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0881
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17926
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 41.6288071
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6101074
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Middlesex County, Town of Portland, on Walter Varney's property, approximately 1150 feet WSW from the intersection of Rockwood Drive and Cedar Terrace, in a forested area.
  • Map Unit: 37E—Manchester gravelly sandy loam, 15 to 45 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT007—Middlesex
  • 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: S. McVey, D. Parizek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Manchester
  • PSC - 34 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Manchester
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landform: kame terrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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

    BELE

    CACA18

    CAOV2

    FAGR

    Acer rubrum

    Betula lenta

    Carpinus caroliniana

    Carya ovata

    Fagus grandifolia

    red maple

    sweet birch

    American hornbeam

    shagbark hickory

    American beech

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

    umbric epipedon

    4—34

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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

    5

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    53

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    180

    1250

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    160

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    Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; 15.0 medium roots throughout and 25.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04523; observed in pit, small
    A—4 to 20 centimeters (1.6 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dry; highly organic loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low horizontal penetration resistance; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 15.0 medium roots throughout and 25.0 fine roots throughout; 15.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 20.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 0.5 Original spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04524; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap—20 to 34 centimeters (7.9 to 13.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 4/2) crushed, dry; gravelly loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; high horizontal penetration resistance; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 25.0 fine roots throughout; 15.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 20.0 fine moderate-continuity vesicular pores; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 4 Original spring of penetrometer; 1.5 Original spring of penetrometer; 3.5 Original spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04525; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—34 to 54 centimeters (13.4 to 21.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed very gravelly loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 very coarse roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout; 20.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 35 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1.75 Original spring of penetrometer; 1.5 Original spring of penetrometer; 0.75 Original spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04526; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small. Total 21 lbs 2 lbs 20mm sieve 3 lbs 4.75mm sieve 2 lbs 2mm sieve 14 lbs fine earth fraction
    C1—54 to 74 centimeters (21.3 to 29.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) crushed very gravelly sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; very rapid permeability; extremely high excavation difficulty; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1 Original spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04527; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small. 26 lbs total 2 lbs cobbles 2 lbs 20mm sieve 2 lbs 4.75mm sieve 3 lbs 2mm sieve 17 lbs fine earth fraction
    C2—74 to 100 centimeters (29.1 to 39.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) crushed extremely gravelly loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; very rapid permeability; extremely high excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 75 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 05N04528; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small. 30 lbs total 4 lbs cobbles 11 lbs 20mm sieve 5 lbs 4.75mm sieve 2 lbs 2mm sieve 8 lbs fine earth fraction