IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Macomber
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001CT005001
  • User Pedon ID: S2001CT005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: CT01005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0947
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14401
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 42.0119286
  • Std. Longitude: -73.4662094
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2,600 feet N on Mt. Washington Road from the intersection of Mt. Washington Road and Mt. Riga Road, 200 feet SE on a dirt trail to Bald Peak.
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT005—Litchfield
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Frigon, C. Blaisdel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, frigid Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Macomber
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, frigid Typic Dystrudepts
  • PSC - 25 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty ablation till derived from phyllite
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: very strongly coherent slight weathered phyllite at 74cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    VAAN

    PTAQ

    HAVI4

    KALA

    QURU

    ACRU

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    Pteridium aquilinum

    Hamamelis virginiana

    Kalmia latifolia

    Quercus rubra

    Acer rubrum

    lowbush blueberry

    western brackenfern

    American witchhazel

    mountain laurel

    northern red oak

    red maple

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

    bedrock, lithic

    very strongly coherent

    74 - 100

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—8

    8—31

    74—100

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    7/23/2001

    7/23/2001

    50

    25

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    12

    13
    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

    24

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    582

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    270

    1200

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    110

    6

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    Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04991; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) crushed loam; moderate very coarse granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 7.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity irregular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter phyllite fragments and 8 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-30-150 millimeter phyllite fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04992; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 7.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 150-225-380 millimeter phyllite fragments and 1 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-30-150 millimeter phyllite fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter phyllite fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04993; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) crushed very gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 7.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 150-225-380 millimeter phyllite fragments and 4 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-30-150 millimeter phyllite fragments and 35 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter phyllite fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04994; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—23 to 31 centimeters (9.1 to 12.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) crushed very gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots around fragments and 4.0 fine roots around fragments and 2.0 coarse roots around fragments; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-30-150 millimeter phyllite fragments and 38 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter phyllite fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04995; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—31 to 58 centimeters (12.2 to 22.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed extremely gravelly loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; high excavation difficulty; 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-30-150 millimeter phyllite fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter phyllite fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04996; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) crushed extremely gravelly loam; weak thick platy structure; moderately hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; high excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots around fragments and 3.0 fine roots around fragments; 2.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-30-150 millimeter phyllite fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter phyllite fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; very abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04997; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2R—74 to 100 centimeters (29.1 to 39.4 inches); very rigid, very rigid; extremely high excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small