IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hollis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002CT005001
  • User Pedon ID: S2002CT005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002CT005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - LIMS
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N1096
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14732
  • User Project ID: 2018
  • Project Name: MLRA 144A 149B- Archive soil climate and water monitoring data
  • 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: 42.0031389
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0646667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Ketchell Glade #1
  • Map Unit: 76F—Rock outcrop-Hollis complex, 45 to 60 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT005—Litchfield
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT005—Litchfield County, Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42073-A1—Tolland Center, Massachusetts
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Shawn McVey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Humic Lithic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.3a
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hollis
  • PSC - 28 to 42 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hollis
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, active, mesic Humic Lithic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 28 to 42 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/2002
  • Classifier - Shawn McVey
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till over gneiss and/or schist
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated gneiss at 42cm
  • Surface Fragments: 4.00 percent nonflat 250- to 600-millimeter 25.00 percent nonflat 600
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/2002 (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
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oi

    A1

    A2

    2R

    0

    3

    11

    42

    3

    11

    42

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Oi

    A1

    A2

    2R

    0

    3

    11

    42

    3

    11

    42

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Oi

    A1

    A2

    2R

    0

    3

    11

    42

    3

    11

    42

    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CACA18

    CAOV2

    CAPE6

    FRAM2

    SMRA

    Carpinus caroliniana

    Carya ovata

    Carex pensylvanica

    Fraxinus americana

    Smilacina racemosa

    American hornbeam

    shagbark hickory

    Pennsylvania sedge

    white ash

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

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    42 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    lithic contact

    3—42

    42—

    —39—

    —-

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

    6/11/2002

    6/11/2002

    10

    50

    hobo pendant ua-001

    hobo pendant ua-001

    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

    27

    420

    170

    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; 20.0 very fine roots throughout and 20.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N05763
    A1—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; highly organic fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05764
    A2—11 to 42 centimeters (4.3 to 16.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N05765
    2R—42 centimeters (16.5 inches); bedrock; fragments.