IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Peru
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976VT015005
  • User Pedon ID: S1976VT015005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3947
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39592
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 44.5461121
  • Std. Longitude: -72.3738861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: town of Wolcott, 1 mile east of East Hill road, on unnamed road, in open field
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT015—Lamoille
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT015—Lamoille County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David L. Yost and Richard Babcock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Peru
  • PSC - 25 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/30/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PERU
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    97 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    densic contact

    0—5

    5—97

    97—

    —5—

    —92—

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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

    10

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    Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30221
    Bw1—7 to 13 centimeters (2.8 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30222
    Bw2—13 to 27 centimeters (5.1 to 10.6 inches); silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A30223. Horizon split for sampling at 13 cm.
    Bw3—27 to 43 centimeters (10.6 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very fine sandy loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium prominent and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30224
    E'—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) sandy loam; 3 percent light gray (N 7/0) medium distinct and 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.1 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30225
    BC—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium prominent and 3 percent light gray (N 7/0) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 0.0 roots; 5 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 26 percent by volume , 39 percent by weight 2-40-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30226
    Cd—97 to 173 centimeters (38.2 to 68.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/4) interior and gray (N 5/0) exterior cobbly sandy loam; 3 percent gray (N 5/0) medium prominent and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; very coarse prismatic parts to weak prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky; 0.0 roots; 7 percent by volume , 9 percent by weight 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 20 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30227