IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Windsor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010VT007002
  • User Pedon ID: S2010VT007002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010VT007002
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N6707
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70489
  • 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: 44.5450745
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1629028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Colchester town land south of 2A - east of Rt 712
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT007—Chittenden County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, E. Ishee, K. Garvey, A. Nord, D. Valentine, K. Rios
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Windsor
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: meander belt on alluvial plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ALNUS

    HAVI4

    RUBUS

    SOLID

    Alnus

    Hamamelis virginiana

    Rubus

    Solidago

    alder

    American witchhazel

    blackberry

    goldenrod

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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

    3

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loamy sand; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03896; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) very fine sandy loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03897; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—28 to 70 centimeters (11.0 to 27.6 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 15 percent fine 2.5Y 3/6 (2.5Y 3/6); fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03898; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—70 to 83 centimeters (27.6 to 32.7 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent fine 2.5Y 3/6 (2.5Y 3/6); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03900; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C3—83 to 96 centimeters (32.7 to 37.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) sandy loam; single grain; friable; 1.0 medium roots; 30 percent fine 2.5Y 3/6 (2.5Y 3/6); fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03901; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C4—96 to 115 centimeters (37.8 to 45.3 inches); massive; friable; 35 percent fine 2.5Y 3/6 (2.5Y 3/6); fragments. Lab sample # 11N03902; wet when described; observed in pit, small