IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Windsor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970CT003003
  • User Pedon ID: 70CT003003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1970CT003003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1234
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34843
  • Print Date: 5/8/2024

    • 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: 41.8963889
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6588889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Windsor, 1,600 feet east of Kennedy Road and River Street junction, and 100 feet south from River Street in a forested area.
  • Map Unit: 36C—Windsor loamy sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT003—Hartford
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT003—Hartford County, Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-H6—Windsor Locks, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Gonick and D. Rector
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Windsor
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/25/2012
  • Classifier - Donald C. Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    BEPO

    CASTA

    PIPA2

    QUAL

    QUVE

    VAAN

    VACO

    Betula populifolia

    Castanea

    Pinus palustris

    Quercus alba

    Quercus velutina

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    Vaccinium corymbosum

    gray birch

    chestnut

    longleaf pine

    white oak

    black oak

    lowbush blueberry

    highbush blueberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—9

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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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    43

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    45

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09381. 2-1/2 to 1-1/2 inches of undecomposed oak leaves and other organic litter.
    Oe—2 to 6 centimeters (0.8 to 2.4 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09382. 1-1/2 to 0 inches of decomposed and semidecomposed organic litter.
    A—6 to 9 centimeters (2.4 to 3.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy coarse sand; weak medium granular structure; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09383
    Bw1—9 to 19 centimeters (3.5 to 7.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy coarse sand; subangular blocky parts to single grain; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09384
    Bw2—19 to 25 centimeters (7.5 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy coarse sand; subangular blocky parts to single grain; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09385
    Bw3—25 to 31 centimeters (9.8 to 12.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy coarse sand; subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09386
    Bw4—31 to 42 centimeters (12.2 to 16.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy coarse sand; subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09387
    Bw5—42 to 54 centimeters (16.5 to 21.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy coarse sand; subangular blocky parts to single grain; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09388
    BC—54 to 67 centimeters (21.3 to 26.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09389
    C1—67 to 113 centimeters (26.4 to 44.5 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09390
    C2—113 to 158 centimeters (44.5 to 62.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09391