IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bernardston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968VT021005
  • User Pedon ID: 1968VT021005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1968VT021005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0517
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33045
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 43.4905548
  • Std. Longitude: -73.2413864
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 10,500 feet south of Poultney
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT021—Rutland
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT021—Rutland 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 #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bernardston
  • PSC - 25 to 51 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 - 9/17/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1968 (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

    TRPR2

    Trifolium pratense

    red clover

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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—25

    25—38

    51—

    51—152

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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

    13

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    146

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03854
    Bw—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 20 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03855
    BC—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior coarse sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03856
    Cd1—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) sandy loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint and 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak thick platy structure; firm; 0.5 roots; light gray (10YR 7/1) clay films; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03857
    Cd2—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak very thick platy structure; firm; 0.0 roots; gray (5Y 6/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A03858
    Cd3—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) silt loam; massive; firm; 0.0 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A03859
    Cd4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) loam; massive; firm; 0.0 roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A03860