IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilbraham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012CT009003
  • User Pedon ID: S2012CT009003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012CT009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8264
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55329
  • User Project ID: 2018
  • Project Name: MLRA 144A 149B- Archive soil climate and water monitoring data
  • 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: 41.4274028
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7667833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: New Haven County, Connecticut; town of Wallingford; approximately 3,000 feet southwest of the intersection of Whirlwind Hill Road and Cooke road.
  • Map Unit: 5—Wilbraham silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT009—New Haven
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT007—Middlesex County, ConnecticutCT009—New Haven County, ConnecticutCT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-D7—Wallingford, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald Parizek, Eric Ford
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Aeric Epiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilbraham
  • PSC - 28 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/2016
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilbraham
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Aeric Endoaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 28 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/2012
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: red coarse-loamy lodgment till derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: depression on drumlin
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: New Haven Arkose formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 7.00 percent nonflat subangular 250- to 600-millimeter arkose,
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: D.Parizek, A. Brown, C. Martin, G. Herdman, E. Ford
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

    A2

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Cd1

    Cd2

    0

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    28

    35

    61

    72

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    61

    72

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    5.6

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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

    A1

    A2

    Bw1

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    Cd1

    Cd2

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    20

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    35

    61

    72

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    5.2

    5.1

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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 %

    A1

    A2

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Cd1

    Cd2

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    35

    61

    72

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

    ACRU

    BETH

    FRPE

    LYSIC

    PRSE2

    ROMU

    RUHI

    TORAR

    ULAM

    Acer rubrum

    Berberis thunbergii

    Fraxinus pennsylvanica

    Lysichiton

    Prunus serotina

    Rosa multiflora

    Rubus hispidus

    Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans

    Ulmus americana

    red maple

    Japanese barberry

    green ash

    skunkcabbage

    black cherry

    multiflora rose

    bristly dewberry

    eastern poison ivy

    American elm

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

    densic material

    noncoherent

    61 - 155

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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—28

    0—155

    28—61

    61—61

    61—155

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

    7/24/2012

    7/24/2012

    30

    50

    hobo pendant ua-001

    hobo pendant ua-001

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    Site Iris Tube Data
    Site Obs. Date Tube ID Top Depth Evaluated Bottom Depth Evaluated Date Installed Date Removed Iron % Removed Soil Reduced ? Scan Image File Name
    cm %

    7/24/2012

    7/24/2012

    7/24/2012

    7/24/2012

    7/24/2012

    1

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    5

    14

    0.8

    11

    13.8

    15

    29

    15.8

    26

    28.8

    30

    4/2/2012

    4/2/2012

    4/2/2012

    4/2/2012

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    5/18/2012

    5/18/2012

    5/18/2012

    5/18/2012

    5/18/2012

    40

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    yes

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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

    3

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter arkose fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-150-250 millimeter arkose fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04591; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak 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; 3 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 8 percent coarse faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-150-250 millimeter arkose fragments observed by visual inspection method and 8 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter arkose fragments observed by visual inspection method; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04592; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—28 to 35 centimeters (11.0 to 13.8 inches); 50 percent weak red (7.5R 4/3) and 50 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 4 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds and 5 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-150-250 millimeter arkose fragments observed by visual inspection method and 16 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter arkose fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04593; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—35 to 61 centimeters (13.8 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) very gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 2 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds and 5 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-150-250 millimeter arkose fragments observed by visual inspection method and 39 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter arkose fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04594; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd1—61 to 72 centimeters (24.0 to 28.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 4 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented weak red (7.5R 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-150-250 millimeter arkose fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter arkose fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04595; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd2—72 to 155 centimeters (28.3 to 61.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-150-250 millimeter arkose fragments observed by visual inspection method and 18 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter arkose fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 12N04596; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket