IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Galway
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981VT021008
  • User Pedon ID: 81VT021008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0752
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49596
  • 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: 43.4880562
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0313873
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Rutland County, VT: Tinmouth, Photo number 27-103.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT021—Rutland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Pratt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Galway
  • PSC - 25 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Galway
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Eutrochrept
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • 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: 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

    hemic soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—4

    0—23

    23—80

    80—

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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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    —

    325

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    225

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    Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior moderately decomposed plant material; 5.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. many roots
    A—4 to 23 centimeters (1.6 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P4480. many roots
    Bw1—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 5.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P4481. common to many roots
    Bw2—56 to 80 centimeters (22.0 to 31.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 81P4482. common roots
    R—80 centimeters (31.5 inches); bedrock; fragments. Dolostone.