IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007VT001001
  • User Pedon ID: S07VT001001
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0726
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19310
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 44.2425194
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0599442
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Starksboro, across Lewis Creek from ball field site
  • Map Unit: Le—Limerick silt loam
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT001—Addison
  • MLRA: 142—St. Lawrence-Champlain Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT001—Addison County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. Villars, C. Alves, E. Young, J. Maisonpierre
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/2007
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-silty alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Bedrock: quartzite
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg—24 to 45 centimeters (9.4 to 17.7 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 10 percent medium prominent 5Y 3/4 (5Y 3/4), moist, and 30 percent medium prominent 5Y 4/6 (5Y 4/6), moist,; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ab—45 to 47 centimeters (17.7 to 18.5 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—47 to 70 centimeters (18.5 to 27.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—70 to 85 centimeters (27.6 to 33.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) sand; massive; very friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C3—85 to 96 centimeters (33.5 to 37.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg4—96 to 123 centimeters (37.8 to 48.4 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) stratified stratified sand to coarse sand; massive; very friable; 10 percent coarse prominent iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-38-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C5—123 to 175 centimeters (48.4 to 68.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) very gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume nonflat 5-40-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat 2-3-5 millimeter unspecified fragments.; wet when described; observed in pit, small