IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilbraham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012CT007001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012CT007001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012CT007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8266
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55331
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 41.5105000
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6919722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Middlesex County, Connecticut in the town of Middlefield; approximately 1,500 feet east north east of the intersection of Cherry Hill and Laurel Brook Roads.
  • Map Unit: 6—Wilbraham and Menlo soils, 0 to 8 percent slopes, extremely stony
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT007—Middlesex
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT007—Middlesex County, ConnecticutCT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-E6—Middletown, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald Parizek, Eric Ford
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic, shallow Aeric Epiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilbraham
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/2016
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy eolian deposits over red coarse-loamy lodgment till
  • Landscape: glaciated upland
  • Landform: depression on till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Portland Arkose formation of the Brownstone group.
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subangular 250- to 600-millimeter arkose, 3.00 percent nonflat subangular 75- to 250-millimeter arkose,
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: D.Parizek, E. Ford, J. Isleib, C. Martin, G. Herdman
  • 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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Cd

    0

    13

    36

    46

    13

    36

    46

    120

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Cd

    0

    13

    36

    46

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    36

    46

    120

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    4.4

    4.6

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Cd

    0

    13

    36

    46

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    46

    120

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    CAREX

    JUEF

    LIBE3

    LOTA

    ONSE

    PAQU2

    POTEN

    PRSE2

    ROMU

    TORAR

    ULAM

    VACCI

    VIDE

    QUPA2

    Acer rubrum

    Carex

    Juncus effusus

    Lindera benzoin

    Lonicera tatarica

    Onoclea sensibilis

    Parthenocissus quinquefolia

    Potentilla

    Prunus serotina

    Rosa multiflora

    Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans

    Ulmus americana

    Vaccinium

    Viburnum dentatum

    Quercus palustris

    red maple

    sedge

    common rush

    northern spicebush

    Tatarian honeysuckle

    sensitive fern

    Virginia creeper

    cinquefoil

    black cherry

    multiflora rose

    eastern poison ivy

    American elm

    blueberry

    southern arrowwood

    pin oak

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

    densic material

    noncoherent

    46 - 120

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

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

    0—13

    0—120

    13—46

    46—46

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

    8/8/2012

    50

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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

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots throughout and many very coarse roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 11 percent by volume flat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter arkose fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N04604; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter arkose fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04605; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; ; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 10 percent by volume flat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter arkose fragments observed by weighed method; 3 percent ice wedge cast (volume percent); 3 percent ice wedge cast (lateral area percent); strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04606; observed in pit, small
    Cd—46 to 120 centimeters (18.1 to 47.2 inches); 50 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and 50 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; massive; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 10 percent by volume flat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter arkose fragments observed by weighed method; 3 percent ice wedge cast (volume percent); 3 percent ice wedge cast (lateral area percent); moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 12N04607; observed in pit, small