IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09VT011009
  • User Pedon ID: S09VT011009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09VT011009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0742
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43315
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 44.9595909
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1664047
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Franklin County, Vermont; Town of Swanton. North of Swanton just off rt 78, along the main branch of the Missisquoi River.
  • Map Unit: Le—Limerick silt loam
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT011—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT011—Franklin County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44073-H2—East Alburg, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, R. Odum
  • 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 - 10/30/2009
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain, meander belt
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Geology: Iberville Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/2009 (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 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    ACSA2

    FRPE

    PHAR3

    SOLID

    Acer saccharinum

    Fraxinus pennsylvanica

    Phalaris arundinacea

    Solidago

    silver maple

    green ash

    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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    29.3

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    A—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very fine sandy loam; weak very coarse granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; fragments; gradual irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A/C—26 to 42 centimeters (10.2 to 16.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, and 10 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—42 to 60 centimeters (16.5 to 23.6 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) very fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 30 percent coarse yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—60 to 87 centimeters (23.6 to 34.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) very fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 25 percent coarse yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg3—87 to 99 centimeters (34.3 to 39.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) sandy loam; massive; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 25 percent coarse yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg4—99 to 115 centimeters (39.0 to 45.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) sand; single grain; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 20 percent very coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist,; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg5—115 to 130 centimeters (45.3 to 51.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; massive; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 35 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist,; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small