IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tunbridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977VT025008
  • User Pedon ID: S1977VT025008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977VT025008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0057
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45067
  • 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: 42.8263893
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6402740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Windham County, Vermont, Town of Brattleboro; 300 feet north of Akley residence on Akley road.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT025—Windham
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT025—Windham County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Yost, W. Sheehan and J. Rourke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tunbridge
  • PSC - 30 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/2014
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tunbridge
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Entic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/1977
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial till
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/1977 (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

    ACER

    BETUL

    PIPA2

    TSUGA

    Acer

    Betula

    Pinus palustris

    Tsuga

    maple

    birch

    longleaf pine

    hemlock

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    96 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    lithic contact

    5—33

    18—33

    96—

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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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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.
    Ap—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bs1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; moderately smeary; 21.0 roots; 21 percent by volume , 32 percent by weight 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00315
    Bs2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; weakly smeary; 21.0 roots; 24 percent by volume , 36 percent by weight 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00316
    Bs3—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 30 percent by volume 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—74 to 96 centimeters (29.1 to 37.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, chlorophenol red; abrupt irregular boundary.
    R—96 centimeters (37.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.