IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vergennes
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957NY031001
  • User Pedon ID: S1957NY031001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957NY031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0264
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32792
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 43.7794456
  • Std. Longitude: -73.5061111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Essex County, New York. At Ticonderoga follow Highway 9N about 3-1/2 miles southward from Crown Point to the first hard-surfaced road to the east which makes an acute angle with 9N. Follow road about 1/2 mile to first graveled crossroads, continue 0.35 mile south to end of orchards on the west. 50 yards further is a live elm tree by a field driveway. Pace 180 feet south along the road from this tree and 150 feet east.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY031—Essex
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY031—Essex County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vergennes
  • Classificaton Date - 9/25/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ELRE4

    Elymus repens

    quackgrass

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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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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01941
    A2—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine and medium mottles; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A01942
    B21t—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine mottles; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01943
    B22t—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01944
    C1—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, very plastic; medium and coarse very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A01945. A few short horizontal cleavage faces have segregated lime; cleavage faces.
    C2—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; 3 percent fine faint mottles; angular blocky structure; hard, very plastic; black (10YR 2/1), moist, black stains on faces of peds; 21 percent coarse and very coarse noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01946. Lime is segregated locally on short horizontal cleavage planes. The material is not varved.