IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sunapee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981VT021007
  • User Pedon ID: 1981VT021007
  • User Site Association ID: VT Rutland County, Vermont Typical Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0751
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49595
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 43.5538902
  • Std. Longitude: -72.8197250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT021—Rutland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT021—Rutland County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Pratt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, nonacid, frigid Oxyaquic Humudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sunapee
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/14/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy supraglacial meltout till derived from igneous and metamorphic rock
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—35

    35—70

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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

    12

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    650

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    180

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    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. many roots
    Bw1—6 to 35 centimeters (2.4 to 13.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately smeary; 5.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P4475. many roots
    Bw2—35 to 70 centimeters (13.8 to 27.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) coarse prominent and 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium platy structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P4476. common roots; common fine prominent 5YR46 mottles; few coarse prominent 2.5Y64 mottles
    C1—70 to 88 centimeters (27.6 to 34.6 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly fine sandy loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P4477. common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    C2—88 to 128 centimeters (34.6 to 50.4 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior very gravelly fine sandy loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; massive; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P4478. many coarse prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    C3—128 to 186 centimeters (50.4 to 73.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior very gravelly fine sandy loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P4479. few fine prominent 7.5YR46 mottles; few medium prominent 10YR43 mottles