IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007VT011003
  • User Pedon ID: S07VT011003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2007VT011003
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0229
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19737
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 44.7610321
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1336365
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: J. Burt Home Farm - very close to Mill River; near FSA field 4
  • Map Unit: Le—Limerick silt loam
  • 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, E. Young
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Taxonomic Class - Mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Geology: Cssm formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DRYOP

    TSCA

    Dryopteris

    Tsuga canadensis

    woodfern

    eastern hemlock

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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

    2

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    52

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 2.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    E—10 to 14 centimeters (3.9 to 5.5 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bs1—14 to 24 centimeters (5.5 to 9.4 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bs2—24 to 47 centimeters (9.4 to 18.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Cd—47 to 106 centimeters (18.5 to 41.7 inches); silt loam; massive; extremely firm; 1.0 fine roots; 10 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments.; observed in pit, small