IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Windsor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963VT011001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963VT011001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963VT011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5487
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42731
  • Print Date: 5/9/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Highgate town, one mile south of Highgate Springs, William Begnoche farm. Site located 283 feet on a bearing of 178 degrees from fence post in northwest corner of field. Post marked with aluminum disc.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT011—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT011—Franklin County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Windsor
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Windsor
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ELRE4

    Elymus repens

    quackgrass

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—20

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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

    0

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    54.9

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41237
    Bw1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41238
    Bw2—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; structureless massive; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41239
    Bw3—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41240
    C—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41241
    2C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.1 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4.