IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008VT011001
  • User Pedon ID: S08VT011001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008VT011001
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0294
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23933
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 44.9734726
  • Std. Longitude: -72.9703293
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Franklin County, VT; Adrian Rainville Farm; near Rock River - buffer strip along river
  • Map Unit: Le—Limerick silt loam
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT011—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT011—Franklin County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, E. Young
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding
  • Geology: Morses Line Formation (oml) formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/18/2008 (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 -
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PHAR3

    SOLID

    Phalaris arundinacea

    Solidago

    reed canarygrass

    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

    2

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    76

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B1—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 7 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B2—40 to 60 centimeters (15.7 to 23.6 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 20 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—60 to 78 centimeters (23.6 to 30.7 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 15 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—78 to 95 centimeters (30.7 to 37.4 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 1.0 very fine roots; 10 percent coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; 18 percent by volume unspecified fragments.