IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ridgebury
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CT013002
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CT013002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000CT013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1226
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12722
  • 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: 41.7939139
  • Std. Longitude: -72.2252000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Tolland County; Town of Mansfield; on UCONN Agronomy Farm; approximately 1200 feet south east of greenhouse on the edge of a hayfield
  • Map Unit: 46B—Woodbridge fine sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT013—Tolland
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT013—Tolland County, ConnecticutCT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-G2—Spring Hill, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dr. Harvey Luce, Donald Parizek, Deb Frigon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, nonacid, mesic Aeric Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ridgebury
  • PSC - 25 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/2/2012
  • Classifier - Donald C. Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ridgebury
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy lodgment till derived from schist and/or gneiss and/or granite
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: drumlin
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    ACRU

    ALINR

    AMBR2

    CELAS

    JUNCU

    OSCI

    PHAR3

    ROMU

    SANI

    SOLID

    Acer rubrum

    Alnus incana ssp. rugosa

    Amphicarpaea bracteata

    Celastrus

    Juncus

    Osmunda cinnamomea

    Phalaris arundinacea

    Rosa multiflora

    Salix nigra

    Solidago

    red maple

    speckled alder

    American hogpeanut

    bittersweet

    rush

    cinnamon fern

    reed canarygrass

    multiflora rose

    black willow

    goldenrod

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

    densic material

    noncoherent

    51 - 203

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

    umbric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    densic materials

    densic contact

    0—25

    0—203

    25—51

    51—203

    51—

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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

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    205

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    180

    1195

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; mucky loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine to coarse pores; 2 percent fine faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter gneiss fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07109; observed in trench
    Bg—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine to coarse tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) manganese concretions and 3 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses and 3 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07110; observed in trench. special features: krotovinas 2-5.
    Bw—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine to coarse tubular pores; 3 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron concretions and 3 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron concretions and 21 percent medium and coarse gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 9 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; extremely acid, pH 4.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07111; observed in trench. specialty feature: krotovinas 2-5
    Cd1—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) stony fine sandy loam; massive, and weak medium platy; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots in cracks; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 21 percent coarse grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions and 21 percent medium gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions and 21 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron concretions and 21 percent fine and medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron concretions and 21 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) manganese nodules; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss fragments and 9 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07112; observed in trench. 18 inches, 7 inches apart 10YR 5/2 streaks, 16 inches, 26 inches; penetrometer: >5, 3.5, 4.25, >5, >5; 5YR 3/4 manganese stains on ped faces and coarse fragments.
    Cd2—89 to 150 centimeters (35.0 to 59.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) stony fine sandy loam; massive, and weak medium platy; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots in cracks; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron concretions and 20 percent fine prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 21 percent medium and coarse distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions and 21 percent very coarse distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss fragments and 14 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07113; observed in trench. joint planes evident in all Cds 20% of coarse frag. saprolitic; penetrometer: >5, >5, >5, 3.5, >5; 7.5YR 4/4 and 7.5YR 4/6 halo around Fe depletions;
    Cd3—150 to 203 centimeters (59.1 to 79.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) stony fine sandy loam; massive; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent coarse gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions and 10 percent coarse prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, manganese coatings around rock fragments; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter gneiss fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 250-425-600 millimeter gneiss fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter schist, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 00P07114; observed in trench. saprolite-rotten schist; pentameter: 2, >5, >5, 2.75, 2.25;