IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Windsor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963VT011002
  • User Pedon ID: S1963VT011002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5488
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42732
  • Print Date: 5/9/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Highgate town, about 1/2 mile west of East Highgate, William Machia farm. Site located 173 feet on bearing of 150 degrees from first clump of white cedars southwest of big gully on bank, aluminum disc on cedar.
  • 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 #: 2
  • 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:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—30

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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

    0.5

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    82.3

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41242
    Ap2—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loamy sand; structureless massive; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41243
    Bw1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41244. This horizon contains a lense 2 inches thick and 12 inches long which is described as such: gray (5YR 5/1) loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable; pH 5.5.
    Bw2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41245
    C—53 to 99 centimeters (20.9 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41246
    2C—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # 40A41247