IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vergennes
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002NY031002
  • User Pedon ID: S2002NY031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0528
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15279
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 44.2416649
  • Std. Longitude: -73.3933334
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Ralph Evans farm; Town of Westport
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New York
  • County: NY031—Essex
  • MLRA: 142—St. Lawrence-Champlain Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY031—Essex County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Fischer with assistance
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, active, mesic Aquertic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vergennes
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, mixed, active, mesic Aquertic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/14/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/14/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    9

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    85.9

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    100

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02666
    Ap—3 to 17 centimeters (1.2 to 6.7 inches); 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02667
    BE—17 to 38 centimeters (6.7 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02668
    Bt1—38 to 59 centimeters (15.0 to 23.2 inches); 40 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02669. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280439; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280439
    Bt2—59 to 76 centimeters (23.2 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02670. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280440; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 280440
    BC—76 to 98 centimeters (29.9 to 38.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02671
    C—98 to 150 centimeters (38.6 to 59.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 02N02672
    C—150 to 200 centimeters (59.1 to 78.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 02N02673