IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scantic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09VT007003
  • User Pedon ID: S09VT007003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09VT007003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0725
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43298
  • 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: 44.4444656
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0970993
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Chittenden County, Vermont; Town of Williston. South Ridge development off Rt 2 - very incised section of the brook.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT007—Chittenden County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44073-D1—Essex Junction, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, R. Bourgault, A. Garcia, E. Garcia, M. Thomas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, nonacid, frigid Typic Epiaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Scantic
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, nonacid, frigid Typic Epiaquepts
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain, meander belt
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other 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

    ACNE2

    PHAR3

    SOLID

    Acer negundo

    Phalaris arundinacea

    Solidago

    boxelder

    reed canarygrass

    goldenrod

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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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    116.7

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap—8 to 22 centimeters (3.1 to 8.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; moderate coarse granular structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 4 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—22 to 40 centimeters (8.7 to 15.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 7 percent coarse distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—40 to 68 centimeters (15.7 to 26.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 5 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, and 10 percent coarse prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—68 to 97 centimeters (26.8 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam, fine sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 2 percent coarse prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, and 17 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—97 to 120 centimeters (38.2 to 47.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 23 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small