IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Woodbridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2020CT013019
  • User Pedon ID: S2020CT013019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 21N0057
  • User Project ID: 2021-12TOL003_done
  • Project Name: DSP CT 2021 Science of Soil Health UCONN
  • Print Date: 4/17/2026

    • 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: 41.7541111
  • Std. Longitude: -72.2346389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 84B—Paxton and Montauk fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT013—Tolland
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DP, MV, GB, DS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Humudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Woodbridge
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Humudepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/2020
  • Classifier - G. Vega
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till
  • Landscape: Glaciated upland
  • Landform: drumlin
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subangular indurated 250- to 600-millimeter mixed,
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - PaH2-1

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/2020 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: DP, MV, GB, DS
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 27
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

    55 - 114

    - 59 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    aquic conditions

    densic materials

    densic contact

    0—19

    19—55

    41—75

    41—75

    41—75

    55—114

    55—

    —19—

    —36—

    —34—

    —34—

    —34—

    —59—

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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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    173

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    325

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate coarse granular structure; very friable; many very fine roots and many fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 21N00244; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—5 to 19 centimeters (2.0 to 7.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine roots and many fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 21N00245, 21N00246; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—19 to 32 centimeters (7.5 to 12.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face gravelly fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 25 percent krotovinas (volume percent); clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 21N00247; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—32 to 41 centimeters (12.6 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine roots and common fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 10 percent krotovinas (volume percent); clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 21N00248; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—41 to 55 centimeters (16.1 to 21.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine roots and common fine roots; 5 percent medium distinct iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 21N00249; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Cd1—55 to 75 centimeters (21.7 to 29.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face gravelly fine sandy loam; structureless massive; firm; 5 percent fine distinct very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/3), moist, manganese masses and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent coarse distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 21N00250; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Most roots found in krotovinas
    Cd2—75 to 114 centimeters (29.5 to 44.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face gravelly fine sandy loam; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 76-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-50-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 21N00251; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Rock fragments are are mix of gneiss and schist