IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cabot
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959VT017001
  • User Pedon ID: 59VT017001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959VT017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5417
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42662
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1 1/4 miles west of North Randolph, Orange County, Vermont, precisely located on air photo C1W 4-111.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT017—Orange
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT017—Orange County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Howard, Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, frigid Mollic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cabot
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, frigid Mollic Endoaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/22/2013
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: broad plateau
  • Landform: upland till plain
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: C1W 4-111
  • 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

    AGGI2

    CAREX

    PHLEU

    Agrostis gigantea

    Carex

    Phleum

    redtop

    sedge

    timothy

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

    densic material

    noncoherent

    69 -

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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

    0—20

    20—69

    69—

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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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    347.5

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40743. No coarse fragments discarded.
    Eg—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) loam; 1 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) fine and medium distinct and 1 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) fine and medium distinct and 1 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate fine granular, and weak thick platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40744
    Bg1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silt loam; 21 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) medium distinct and 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct and 21 percent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) medium distinct and 21 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium distinct and 21 percent olive (5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 30 percent thin clay films; 12 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40745. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1260275; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1260275
    Bg2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silt loam; 21 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) medium distinct and 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct and 21 percent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) medium distinct and 21 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium distinct and 21 percent olive (5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 10 percent thin clay films; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-160-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 12 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40746. Estimated 1 percent by weight coarse fragments greater than 3 inches and less than 10 inches discarded.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1260276; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1260276
    Cdg1—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) gravelly silt loam; 21 percent dark gray (N 4/0) medium distinct and 21 percent olive (5Y 5/4) medium distinct and 21 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium distinct mottles; weak thick platy, and massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40747
    Cdg2—91 centimeters (35.8 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) gravelly silt loam; 3 percent dark gray (N 4/0) medium distinct and 3 percent olive (5Y 5/4) medium distinct and 3 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium distinct mottles; weak thick platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-160-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A40748. Estimated 1 percent by weight coarse fragments greater than 3 inches and less than 10 inches discarded. This horizon is thought to be partially weathered glacial till.