IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cabot
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992VT027001
  • User Pedon ID: 92VT027001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992VT027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0071
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65415
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 43.9127769
  • Std. Longitude: -72.7844467
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Rochester, VT; 50 feet E of North Hollow Road.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT027—Windsor
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT027—Windsor County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43072-H7—Hancock, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Villars, M. Stuart
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, acid, frigid, shallow Typic Humaquepts
  • 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 - Loamy, mixed, superactive, acid, frigid, shallow Typic Humaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 0 to 29 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/25/2013
  • 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: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 29-148
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    CAREX

    PHLEU

    PICEA

    POLYS

    SOLID

    Carex

    Phleum

    Picea

    Polystichum

    Solidago

    sedge

    timothy

    spruce

    hollyfern

    goldenrod

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

    densic material

    noncoherent

    29 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    0—14

    14—29

    29—

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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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    470

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    290

    114

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    6

    18

    -8

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    A—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 30 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron stains in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent by volume , 6 percent by weight flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00497. patchy - phpvsfiid 1260277; patchy - phpvsfiid 1260277
    Bg—14 to 29 centimeters (5.5 to 11.4 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) channery silt loam; 3 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) medium distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 21 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 20 percent by volume , 32 percent by weight flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00498
    Cdg1—29 to 42 centimeters (11.4 to 16.5 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) very channery fine sandy loam; 3 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine and medium prominent and 3 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) medium prominent and 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate thick platy structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 50 percent by volume , 63 percent by weight flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00499. Texture fsl with lenses of sl.
    Cdg2—42 to 85 centimeters (16.5 to 33.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) channery sandy loam; 3 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine and medium distinct and 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive parts to weak coarse subangular blocky; firm; 15 percent by volume , 22 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 16 percent by volume , 22 percent by weight flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P00500. Conglomerate texture is fsl (sil with lenses of sl).
    Cdg3—85 to 124 centimeters (33.5 to 48.8 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) channery sandy loam; 21 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; 6 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; 9 percent by volume , 13 percent by weight nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 18 percent by volume , 28 percent by weight flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P00501
    Cdg4—124 to 154 centimeters (48.8 to 60.6 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) channery loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) coarse distinct mottles; massive parts to weak thick platy; very firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 11 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 12 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 93P00502