IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berkshire
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976VT015001
  • User Pedon ID: S1976VT015001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976VT015001
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lamoille County, Vermont Typical Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3943
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39588
  • 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: 44.5038872
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6900024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: town of Stowe, Covered Bridge development 1/2 mile north of West Hill road and Percy Hill road
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT015—Lamoille
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT015—Lamoille County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. L. Yost and R. D. Babcock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Berkshire
  • PSC - 45 to 120 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BERKSHIRE
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: supraglacial meltout till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/1976 (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

    PIRU

    TSUGA

    Picea rubens

    Tsuga

    red spruce

    hemlock

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    0—29

    20—29

    29—43

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    —9—

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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

    6

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    Oe—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30178
    Oa—6 to 20 centimeters (2.4 to 7.9 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2); fragments. Lab sample # 40A30179
    E—20 to 29 centimeters (7.9 to 11.4 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30180
    Bhs—29 to 35 centimeters (11.4 to 13.8 inches); very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30181
    Bs1—35 to 43 centimeters (13.8 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30182
    Bs2—43 to 60 centimeters (16.9 to 23.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30183
    BC—60 to 78 centimeters (23.6 to 30.7 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A30184
    C—78 to 142 centimeters (30.7 to 55.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak thin platy, and weak medium platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30185
    2C—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 45 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30187
    3C—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak thin platy, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30188
    4C—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) cobbly sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 30 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30189
    5C—203 to 233 centimeters (79.9 to 91.7 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak thin platy, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30190