IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Windsor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S_2007 VT 011 004
  • User Pedon ID: S2007VT011004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2007VT011004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0230
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19738
  • Print Date: 5/9/2024

    • 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: 44.7869333
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1169778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: St. Albans, VT, near Bronson Road; Jason Burt's fields along Rugg Brook
  • Map Unit: WsE—Windsor loamy fine sand, 25 to 60 percent slopes
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT011—Franklin
  • MLRA: 142—St. Lawrence-Champlain Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT011—Franklin County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves; C. Ferree
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Isotic, mesic Spodic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Windsor
  • PSC - 8 to 27 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2014
  • Classifier - Jacob Isleib
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Windsor
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Csa, Crb formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/15/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TSCA

    TSCA

    Tsuga canadensis

    Tsuga canadensis

    eastern hemlock

    eastern hemlock

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

    ochric epipedon

    0—8

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    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

    5

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    85

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    315

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-5-20 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 08N01397; observed in pit, small
    E—8 to 11 centimeters (3.1 to 4.3 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 08N01398; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—11 to 15 centimeters (4.3 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-5-20 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N01399; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—15 to 27 centimeters (5.9 to 10.6 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-20-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N01400; observed in pit, small
    Cd1—27 to 98 centimeters (10.6 to 38.6 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) very fine sandy loam; massive; very firm; 1.0 medium roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-5-20 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N01401, 08N01402; observed in pit, small
    Cd2—98 centimeters (38.6 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine sandy loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent by volume nonflat 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 16 percent by volume nonflat 5-20-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 08N01403; observed in pit, small