IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bernardston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968VT003002
  • User Pedon ID: 1968VT003002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968VT003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0521
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33049
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 43.2397232
  • Std. Longitude: -73.2513885
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2,500 feet west of West Rupert
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT003—Bennington
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT003—Bennington County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. R. Sinclair Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bernardston
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BERNARDSTON
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ALOPE

    Alopecurus

    foxtail

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

    0—15

    15—36

    46—

    46—137

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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

    14

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    232

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03883
    Bw1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; soft; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03884
    Bw2—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03885
    BC—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/4) silt loam; weak thick platy structure; slightly hard; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03886
    Cd1—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loam; 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine distinct and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard when dry; 0.5 roots; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03887
    Cd2—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) loam; 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct and 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine distinct and 21 percent greenish gray (5BG 5/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard when dry; 0.0 roots; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03888
    Cd3—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; 21 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; hard when dry; 0.0 roots; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A03889