IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hollis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002CT005009
  • User Pedon ID: S2002CT005009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - LIMS
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N1104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14740
  • User Project ID: 2018
  • Project Name: MLRA 144A 149B- Archive soil climate and water monitoring data
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024
  • 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: 41.9863889
  • Std. Longitude: -73.3231944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: South Canaan control site
  • Map Unit: 415E—Westminster-Millsite-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45 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: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic 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 - 6 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/2015
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westminster
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, active, frigid Lithic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 6 to 36 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2002
  • Classifier - Deb Surabian
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till over gneiss and/or schist
  • Landscape: glaciated upland
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated schist, unspecified at 36cm
  • Surface Fragments: 4.00 percent nonflat 250- to 600-millimeter 22.00 percent nonflat 600
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/3/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    6

    9

    18

    36

    2

    6

    9

    18

    36

    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

    6

    9

    18

    36

    2

    6

    9

    18

    36

    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

    6

    9

    18

    36

    2

    6

    9

    18

    36

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

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    36 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—9

    9—36

    36—

    —9—

    —27—

    —-

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

    9/3/2002

    9/3/2002

    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

    25

    458

    170

    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moderately decomposed plant material; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 6.0 medium roots and 20.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 10.0 fine pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05795
    Oa—2 to 6 centimeters (0.8 to 2.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) highly decomposed plant material; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 15.0 fine pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05796
    A—6 to 9 centimeters (2.4 to 3.5 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1), very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), dry; highly organic loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very coarse roots and 2.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 2.0 fine pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05797
    Bw1—9 to 18 centimeters (3.5 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very coarse roots and 5.0 medium roots and 8.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 2.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N05798
    Bw2—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very coarse roots and 5.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-38-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; very abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 02N05799
    2R—36 centimeters (14.2 inches); bedrock; fragments.