IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wapping
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005CT011003
  • User Pedon ID: S2005CT011003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2005CT011003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0885
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17930
  • 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: 41.3308139
  • Std. Longitude: -72.0056833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: New London County, Town of Groton, at Haley Farm State Park, approximately 765 feet SW from the intersection of Brook Street and Haley Farm Lane, in an old abandoned field.
  • Map Unit: 50B—Sutton fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT011—New London
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-C1—New London, Connecticut
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Surabian, D. Parizek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wapping
  • PSC - 27 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/14/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sutton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: melt-out till
  • Landscape: glaciated upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/2005 (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

    JUVI

    JUVI

    PRVI

    PRVI

    RHHI2

    RHHI2

    SOLID

    SOLID

    TORA2

    TORA2

    VITIS

    VITIS

    Juniperus virginiana

    Juniperus virginiana

    Prunus virginiana

    Prunus virginiana

    Rhus hirta

    Rhus hirta

    Solidago

    Solidago

    Toxicodendron radicans

    Toxicodendron radicans

    Vitis

    Vitis

    eastern redcedar

    eastern redcedar

    chokecherry

    chokecherry

    staghorn sumac

    staghorn sumac

    goldenrod

    goldenrod

    eastern poison ivy

    eastern poison ivy

    grape

    grape

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—27

    27—57

    44—100

    137—

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

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

    8/12/2005

    50

    18

    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

    2

    3

    360

    1250

    160

    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; mottles; moderate coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low horizontal penetration resistance; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 30.0 fine roots throughout; 25.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 0.75 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 1 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 0.5 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04549; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—13 to 27 centimeters (5.1 to 10.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; very rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 25.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 10 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist,; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1.75 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 05N04550; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—27 to 44 centimeters (10.6 to 17.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) crushed silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; low horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 25.0 fine roots throughout; 25.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1.25 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 0.75 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04551; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Many krotavinas 7.5yr 3/2
    Bw2—44 to 57 centimeters (17.3 to 22.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) crushed silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 15.0 fine roots throughout; 20.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 8 percent coarse prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist,; 10 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist,; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 250-300-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1.25 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04552; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small. Many krotavinas
    BC—57 to 96 centimeters (22.4 to 37.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed silt loam; moderate coarse massive; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; high horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent very coarse prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist,; 20 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 3.5 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 3.25 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 3.75 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04553; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    C—96 to 137 centimeters (37.8 to 53.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed silt loam; moderate coarse massive; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; high horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 10 percent coarse prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist,; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist,; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 2.5 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 2.25 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; 3.25 Jones 11 spring of penetrometer; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04554; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2C—137 to 200 centimeters (53.9 to 78.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed gravelly loamy coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; extremely high excavation difficulty; 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 05N04555; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small. 56 lbs boulders 19 lbs stones 0 lbs cobbles 15 lbs 20mm sieve coarse gravel 9 lbs 4.75mm sieve medium gravel 5 lbs 2mm sieve fine gravel 85% fragments