IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008VT011006
  • User Pedon ID: S08VT011006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008VT011006
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0299
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23938
  • 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: 44.9814262
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0284424
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Highgate, Franklin County, VT; Guy Choinere land, off Boucher Rd; near Rock River - in small open field on floodplain
  • 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, L. Townsend
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Geology: Highgate Formation (ohi) formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - 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

    1

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    57.9

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—18 to 53 centimeters (7.1 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1 percent coarse gray (5Y 5/1), moist, and 5 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—53 to 73 centimeters (20.9 to 28.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 2 percent coarse gray (5Y 5/1), moist, and 7 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg3—73 to 94 centimeters (28.7 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2 percent coarse gray (5Y 5/1), moist, and 7 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg4—94 to 104 centimeters (37.0 to 40.9 inches); greenish gray (10Y 6/1) clay; massive; very firm; 1 percent coarse gray (5Y 5/1), moist, and 5 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small