Soil Series Atlas

Windsor soil series

Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments

050100150cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ftOeOrganic layer · moderately decomposed0–3 cm · 0–1 inATopsoil3–8 cm · 1–3 inBw1Subsoil · color or structure change8–23 cm · 3–9 inBw2Subsoil · color or structure change23–53 cm · 9–21 inBw3Subsoil · color or structure change53–64 cm · 21–25 inCParent material64–165 cm · 25–65 in050100150cmOeOrganic layer ·moderately decomposed0–3 cm · 0–1 inATopsoil3–8 cm · 1–3 inBw1Subsoil · color orstructure change8–23 cm · 3–9 inBw2Subsoil · color orstructure change23–53 cm · 9–21 inBw3Subsoil · color orstructure change53–64 cm · 21–25 inCParent material64–165 cm · 25–65 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 165 cm (65 in), 6 horizons.

Entisols — young soils with little or no horizon development

Nationally Windsor is a small series: 474,152 acres, 612th of 24,791 by area. Established in 1899, it is the oldest series in the atlas, tied with Cecil. It is the only series in the atlas that belongs to the great group Udipsamments. Its biggest share, 28%, is in Massachusetts, where it ranks 9th of 196 series. It is the state soil of Connecticut.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Excessively drained
Water movement
High

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Where Windsor is mapped

474,152 acres in 55 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaine: 49,167 acresMassachusetts: 134,008 acresMinnesotaNew Jersey: 7 acresNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticut: 28,018 acresMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew Hampshire: 81,009 acresNew York: 115,563 acresOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermont: 55,109 acresLouisianaRhode Island: 11,272 acres

Share of all Windsor acres

  1. Massachusetts28%
  2. New York24%
  3. New Hampshire17%
  4. Vermont12%
  5. Maine10%
  6. Connecticut6%
  7. Rhode Island2%
  8. New Jersey<0.1%

In the field

Drainage

Excessively drained

Drains fastStays wet

Valentine, Valent, and Lakeland also are excessively drained.

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Water movement (Ksat)

High

SlowFast

Valentine, Valent, and Kalkaska also have high Ksat.

Parent material
Glacial outwash, eolian deposits
Landform
Glaciofluvial landforms, dunes/sandhills
Major land resource areas
101, 142, 144A, 145
Type location
Connecticut

How it is classified

  1. OrderEntisols
  2. SuborderPsamments
  3. Great groupUdipsamments
  4. SubgroupTypic Udipsamments
  5. FamilyMixed, mesic Typic Udipsammentsmixed mineralogy classmesic soil temperature regime

Against other Entisols

Windsor makes up 0.24% of all mapped Entisols — the 67th largest of 3,003 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

64 cm under a median of 69 cm

Depth to the subsoil

8 cm under a median of 15 cm

Depth described

165 cm over a median of 152 cm

Its relatives

27 other established series share the family “Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments”

  1. Plainfield1.1 M
  2. Windsor474 k
  3. Oakville351 k
  4. Sarpy89 k
  5. Tyner70 k
  6. Perks36 k
  7. Scotah25 k
  8. Aldo16 k
  9. Osolo16 k

Other Entisols in this atlas

  1. Windsor165 cm · Typic Udipsamments
  2. Valentine203 cm · Typic Ustipsamments
  3. Valent152 cm · Ustic Torripsamments
  4. Cabbart152 cm · Aridic Ustorthents
  5. Bibb152 cm · Typic Fluvaquents
  6. Cabba152 cm · Typic Ustorthents

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
OeOrganic layer: moderately decomposed0–3 cm0–1 in3 cm
ATopsoil3–8 cm1–3 in5 cm
Bw1Subsoil: color or structure change8–23 cm3–9 in15 cm
Bw2Subsoil: color or structure change23–53 cm9–21 in30 cm
Bw3Subsoil: color or structure change53–64 cm21–25 in11 cm
CParent material64–165 cm25–65 in101 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2014-03), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides