IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09VT007001
  • User Pedon ID: S09VT007001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09VT007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0723
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43296
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 44.4406357
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0682144
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Chittenden County, Vermont; Town of Williston. Behind Williston Central School.
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT007—Chittenden County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44073-D1—Essex Junction, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, R. Bourgault, A. Garcia, E. Garcia, M. Thomas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty alluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain, meander belt
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Fairfield Pond Member Of Cu formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/2009 (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

    ALNUS

    PHAR3

    URTIC

    Alnus

    Phalaris arundinacea

    Urtica

    alder

    reed canarygrass

    nettle

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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

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    146

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    Ap—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 5 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 15 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—56 to 72 centimeters (22.0 to 28.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 25 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C2—72 to 85 centimeters (28.3 to 33.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) coarse sand; structureless single grain; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 25 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; 9 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3Cg2—85 to 100 centimeters (33.5 to 39.4 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) loam; massive; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 8 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3Cg3—100 to 110 centimeters (39.4 to 43.3 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 8 percent coarse prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist,; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small