IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008VT011005
  • User Pedon ID: S08VT011005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008VT011005
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0298
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23937
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 44.9817314
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0293503
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Highgate, Franklin County, VT; Guy Choinere land, off Boucher Rd; up from Rock River - in hemlock woods
  • 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, A. Robinson
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: very rare flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding
  • Geology: Highgate Formation (ohi) formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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

    TSCA

    Tsuga canadensis

    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

    12

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    61

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    225

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—10 to 27 centimeters (3.9 to 10.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 1.0 very coarse roots and 4.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—27 to 57 centimeters (10.6 to 22.4 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2 percent coarse gray (5Y 6/1), moist, and 7 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—57 to 87 centimeters (22.4 to 34.3 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3 percent coarse gray (5Y 6/1), moist, and 9 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—87 to 108 centimeters (34.3 to 42.5 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay loam; moderate thick platy structure; extremely firm; 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent coarse gray (5Y 6/1), moist, and 10 percent very coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C3—108 to 150 centimeters (42.5 to 59.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; strong thick platy structure; extremely firm; 1 percent fine gray (5Y 6/1), moist, and 5 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist,; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small