IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colonel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993VT005003
  • User Pedon ID: S1993VT005003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993VT005003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0833
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66176
  • 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: 44.2858315
  • Std. Longitude: -72.2944412
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Take old railroad bed north from Lake Graton Road 0.8 mile - site in excavated pit.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT005—Caledonia
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT005—Caledonia County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44072-C3—Marshfield, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DeKett, Van Houten
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, isotic, frigid, shallow Aquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Colonel
  • Classificaton Date - 2/5/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colonel
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Epiaquods
  • PSC - 25 to 59 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy lodgment till derived from granite
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: depression on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 46
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 20
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABIES

    Abies

    fir

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

    densic material

    noncoherent

    36 -

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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

    densic contact

    0—11

    6—11

    11—24

    36—

    —11—

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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

    2

    —

    —

    415

    —

    180

    910

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    —

    6

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; 10 percent by volume subrounded 600-800-1200 millimeter granite fragments. Lab sample # 93P05755
    A—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); black (N 2/0) mucky sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 15.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3 percent by volume , 4 percent by weight 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-600-600 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05756
    E—6 to 11 centimeters (2.4 to 4.3 inches); gray (5YR 6/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-600-600 millimeter granite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05757
    Bhs1—11 to 14 centimeters (4.3 to 5.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) stony fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 6 percent by volume , 6 percent by weight 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 10 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05758
    Bhs2—14 to 24 centimeters (5.5 to 9.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) stony fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; weakly smeary; 7.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 25.0 very fine low-continuity interstitial pores; 7 percent by volume , 10 percent by weight 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 15 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05759
    BC—24 to 36 centimeters (9.4 to 14.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) stony fine sandy loam; 4 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine threadlike and 6 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine spherical mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 12 percent by volume , 18 percent by weight 2-5-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 15 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05760
    Cd1—36 to 60 centimeters (14.2 to 23.6 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) stony sandy loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent threadlike and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent spherical mottles; weak thin platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 15 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 18 percent by volume , 28 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05761
    Cd2—60 to 200 centimeters (23.6 to 78.7 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) stony sandy loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent spherical and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent spherical mottles; weak thin platy structure; firm; 15 percent by volume subrounded 250-425-600 millimeter granite fragments and 19 percent by volume , 29 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P05762. 93P5763