IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colonel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000VT007001
  • User Pedon ID: S2000VT007001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000VT007001
  • User Site Association ID: VT Long Term Monitoring Project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1236
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12732
  • 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: 44.5352783
  • Std. Longitude: -72.8354721
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Underhill State Park, Polka Dot Trail
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT007—Chittenden County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44072-E7—Mount Mansfield, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lynn, Scheyer, Villars, Rosovsky
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, isotic, frigid, shallow Typic Endoaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Colonel
  • PSC - 28 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/29/2015
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Peru
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid, shallow Aquic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/2000
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/2000 (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

    ACPE

    VILA11

    Acer pensylvanicum

    Viburnum lantanoides

    striped maple

    hobblebush

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

    densic material

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    51 - 165

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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—13

    5—13

    13—51

    51—

    —13—

    —8—

    —38—

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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

    12

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    701

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    45

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    18

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07191. moderately decomposed leaves, needles & twigs.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) gravelly loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 5 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method and 13 percent by volume , 19 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07192. rock fragments: 5% 3/4-10 inches GT 10 inches.
    E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) gravelly loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine to medium roots; 5 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 12 percent by volume , 17 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 00P07193. rocks fragments: 5% 3/4-10 inches GT 10 inches.
    Bhs1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 6 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 13 percent by volume , 19 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07194. rock fragments: 5% 3/4-10 inches GT 10 inches.
    Bhs2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 19 percent by volume , 29 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07195. rock fragments: 5% 3/4-10 inches GT 10 inches.
    Bhs3—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; 3 percent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; friable; 2.0 fine and medium roots; 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 19 percent by volume , 29 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P07196. rock fragments: 5% 3/4-10 inches GT 10 inches.
    Cd1—51 to 68 centimeters (20.1 to 26.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; 1 percent medium and 1 percent medium and 3 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium and coarse distinct and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium and coarse prominent mottles; moderate very thick platy structure; very firm; 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 10 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07197. rock fragments: 10% LT 3 inches, 5% 3-10 inches, 5% GT 10 inches.
    Cd2—68 to 130 centimeters (26.8 to 51.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; weak very thick platy structure; very firm; 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 5 percent by volume 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P07198. rock fragments: 10% LT 3 inches, 5% 3-10 inches, 5% GT 10 inches.
    Cd3—130 to 165 centimeters (51.2 to 65.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 9 percent by volume , 14 percent by weight 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P07199. rock fragments: 10% LT 3 inches, 5% 3-10 inches, 5% GT 10 inches.