IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nipmuck

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2005CT013001

User Pedon ID: S2005CT013001

Vegetation Plot ID: CT05013001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 05N0110

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16871

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: 41.9876404

Std. Longitude: -72.1809158

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: About 50 ft South of forest road/trail and 2,800 ft East of Stickney Hill Rd. and 1,600 ft West of I84, in an area of Nipmuck State Forest, Union, CT.

State: Connecticut

County: CT013—Tolland

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, Donald Parizek

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, parasesquic, mesic Typic Dystrudepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: research site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 9

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Nipmuck

PSC - 30 to 68 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/30/2008

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Brookfield

Classificaton Date - 10/21/2004

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

SITE

Parent Material: ablation till

Landscape: upland

Landform: hill

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: strongly coherent moderate weathered schist, unspecified at 68cm with 10 to <45

Geology: Brimfield Schist formation of the Obr group.

Surface Fragments: 4.00 percent nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 180- to 500-millimeter

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/21/2004 (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 - partly cloudy

Current Air Temp - 7

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ACSA3 BELE CAGL8 CAPE6 GAYLU HAVI4 KALA MIRE PIST QURU	Acer saccharum Betula lenta Carya glabra Carex pensylvanica Gaylussacia Hamamelis virginiana Kalmia latifolia Mitchella repens Pinus strobus Quercus rubra	sugar maple sweet birch pignut hickory Pennsylvania sedge huckleberry American witchhazel mountain laurel partridgeberry eastern white pine northern red oak	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, lithic	very strongly coherent	68 - 200	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon	5—18 18—68	—- —-

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	—	—	323	—	150	1200	—	160	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) crushed, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) 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; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00504; moist when described; observed in pit, small

A—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) crushed, brown (7.5YR 5/3) crushed, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 25.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 medium roots throughout and 25.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 25.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 5 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 150-250-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00505; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bw1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) crushed, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) crushed, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 15.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 10.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 150-250-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N00506; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bw2—41 to 68 centimeters (16.1 to 26.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed, dry; gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 150-250-380 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-100-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 05N00507; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small

2Rj—68 to 100 centimeters (26.8 to 39.4 inches); bedrock; very slow permeability; extremely high excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, unspecified.; observed in pit, small