IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buxton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008VT011004
  • User Pedon ID: S08VT011004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008VT011004
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0297
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23936
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 44.9674683
  • Std. Longitude: -72.9744568
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Franklin County, VT; Wayne Fiske Farm; near tributary of Rock River - edge of corn field
  • Map Unit: BxD—Buxton silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT011—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT011—Franklin County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, E. Young, S. Worland
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buxton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Morses Line Formation (oml) formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PHAR3

    SOLID

    TILIA

    Phalaris arundinacea

    Solidago

    Tilia

    reed canarygrass

    goldenrod

    basswood

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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

    2

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    80

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    Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—12 to 24 centimeters (4.7 to 9.4 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) silt; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—24 to 40 centimeters (9.4 to 15.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) silt; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 5 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; clear irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—40 to 60 centimeters (15.7 to 23.6 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay loam; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, and 10 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—60 to 97 centimeters (23.6 to 38.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots; 2 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, and 20 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C3—97 to 155 centimeters (38.2 to 61.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) clay; massive; extremely firm; 5 percent coarse distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, and 25 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small