IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Agawam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985VT027018
  • User Pedon ID: S1985VT027018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985VT027018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0874
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57140
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 43.3527794
  • Std. Longitude: -72.4022217
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Windsor County, Vermont, Town of Weathersfield.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT027—Windsor
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT027—Windsor County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Henry J. Ferguson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Agawam
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/21/2012
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Agawam
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed Aquic Dystrochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/12/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial sands
  • Landform: midslope of a long broad sloping terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/12/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    strongly contrasting particle size class

    0—25

    25—58

    81—

    —25—

    —32—

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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

    7

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    91

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bw1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches);, olive (5Y 5/3), dry; silt; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04684
    Bw2—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silt; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04684
    C1—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; silt loam; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04685
    C2—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.
    C3—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue.