IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilbraham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012CT009008
  • User Pedon ID: S2012CT009008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012CT009008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N8267
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55332
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.4114444
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7976111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: New Haven County, Connecticut; in the town of Wallingford approximately 800 feet north of the intersection of Tyler Mills Road and Woodhouse Avenue.
  • Map Unit: 6—Wilbraham and Menlo soils, 0 to 8 percent slopes, extremely stony
  • 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: CT009—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 - 25 to 52 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 - 25 to 52 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2012
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • 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 sandstone
  • Landscape: glaciated upland
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: high
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Ksat Class Lower: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: New Haven Arkose formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent nonflat subangular 250- to 600-millimeter arkose,
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Donald Parizek, Eric Ford, James Winkler, Caroline Martin
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Cd1

    Cd2

    0

    10

    24

    36

    52

    78

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    78

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    4.9

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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

    A

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    Bw1

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    Cd1

    Cd2

    0

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    36

    52

    78

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    4.5

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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 %

    A

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    Bw1

    Bw2

    Cd1

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

    ACRU

    ARTR

    CACA18

    FRPE

    ILVE

    IMCA

    LIBE3

    LYSIC

    ROMU

    SMGL

    TORAR

    ULAM

    Acer rubrum

    Arisaema triphyllum

    Carpinus caroliniana

    Fraxinus pennsylvanica

    Ilex verticillata

    Impatiens capensis

    Lindera benzoin

    Lysichiton

    Rosa multiflora

    Smilax glauca

    Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans

    Ulmus americana

    red maple

    Jack in the pulpit

    American hornbeam

    green ash

    common winterberry

    jewelweed

    northern spicebush

    skunkcabbage

    multiflora rose

    cat greenbrier

    eastern poison ivy

    American elm

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
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    densic material

    noncoherent

    22 - 200

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

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    reduced matrix

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

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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 %

    8/9/2012

    8/9/2012

    8/9/2012

    8/9/2012

    8/9/2012

    4

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    2

    1

    3.5

    16

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    11.8

    12.5

    18.5

    27

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    26.8

    27.5

    4/5/2012

    4/5/2012

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    4/5/2012

    5/18/2012

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    5/18/2012

    5/18/2012

    5/18/2012

    88

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    62

    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

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; mucky loam; moderate fine granular structure; very 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; many fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-15-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume , 11 percent by weight nonflat subangular 75-150-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume , 56 percent by weight flat subangular 150-250-380 millimeter arkose fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl measured in matrix; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04608; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap—10 to 24 centimeters (3.9 to 9.4 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) interior, pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; gravelly loam; moderate medium 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; many fine irregular pores; 2 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-150-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subangular 150-250-380 millimeter arkose fragments and 13 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl measured in matrix; neutral, pH 6.6, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04609; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—24 to 36 centimeters (9.4 to 14.2 inches); weak red (7.5R 4/3) interior gravelly loam; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; many fine irregular pores; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; 2 percent by volume , 6 percent by weight nonflat subangular 75-150-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume , 6 percent by weight nonflat subangular 250-300-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume , 6 percent by weight nonflat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl measured in matrix; neutral, pH 6.6, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 12N04610; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—36 to 52 centimeters (14.2 to 20.5 inches); weak red (7.5R 4/3) interior loam; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; few fine irregular pores; 10 percent coarse faint irregular noncoherent cemented masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-150-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl measured in matrix; neutral, pH 6.6, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04611; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd1—52 to 78 centimeters (20.5 to 30.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine irregular pores; 2 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume , 8 percent by weight nonflat subangular 75-150-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 17 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 12N04612; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd2—78 to 200 centimeters (30.7 to 78.7 inches); 80 percent weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior and 20 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine irregular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-150-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-50-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 12N04613; very moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. water weeping into the pit at 108 cm along a plane of weakness.