IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chatfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002CT005007
  • User Pedon ID: S2002CT005007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002CT005007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - LIMS
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N1102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14738
  • User Project ID: 2018
  • Project Name: MLRA 144A 149B- Archive soil climate and water monitoring data
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024
  • 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: 41.9863611
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0574167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Algonquin control site
  • Map Unit: 75C—Hollis-Chatfield-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 15 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
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Deb Surabian, Rebecca Elwood
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.3a
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chatfield
  • PSC - 30 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2003
  • Classifier - Shawn McVey
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chatfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/2002
  • Classifier - Deb Surabian
  • 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: glaciated upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: schist, unspecified at 56cm
  • Surface Fragments: 12.00 percent 250- to 600-millimeter 8.00 percent 600
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/2002 (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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oe

    Oa

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    2R

    0

    2

    5

    10

    31

    56

    2

    5

    10

    31

    56

    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

    Oe

    Oa

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    2R

    0

    2

    5

    10

    31

    56

    2

    5

    10

    31

    56

    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 %

    Oe

    Oa

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    2R

    0

    2

    5

    10

    31

    56

    2

    5

    10

    31

    56

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

    EUTO4

    QURU

    Eucephalus tomentellus

    Quercus rubra

    rayless aster

    northern red oak

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

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    56 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—10

    10—56

    56—

    —10—

    —46—

    —-

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

    7/29/2002

    7/29/2002

    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

    4

    375

    310

    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); 50 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and 50 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) moderately decomposed plant material; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05786
    Oa—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) highly decomposed plant material; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05787
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; highly organic cobbly loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 18 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05788
    Bw1—10 to 31 centimeters (3.9 to 12.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very cobbly highly organic fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05789
    Bw2—31 to 56 centimeters (12.2 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 4.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; very abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 02N05790
    2R—56 centimeters (22.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.