IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LIMERICK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965VT007008
  • User Pedon ID: S1965VT007008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965VT007008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1190
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34799
  • Print Date: 9/25/2024

    • 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: 44.5136108
  • Std. Longitude: -73.2158356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Colchester Town, approximately 2.2 miles northwest of City of Winooski, 600 yards southwest of Pine Island, 500 yards north of the Winooski River, on the Charles Fitzgerald farm
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • MLRA: 142—St. Lawrence-Champlain Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT007—Chittenden County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. J. Bartlett, E. J. Pedersen, D. P. Franzmeier, R. F. Gowdey, R. V. Joslin, and G. W. Allen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LIMERICK
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LIMERICK
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: FY-1-6
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POA

    RANUN

    Poa

    Ranunculus

    bluegrass

    buttercup

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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
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    AP—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) very fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09032
    C1G—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) very fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine prominent and 1 percent dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak thin platy structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09033
    C2G—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) very fine sandy loam; 1 percent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) fine prominent and 21 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak medium platy structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09034
    2C3G—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; 3 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09035
    3C4G—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09036
    3C5G—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09037
    4C6G—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; 3 percent dusky red (10R 3/3) coarse prominent mottles; coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09038
    5C7G—127 to 147 centimeters (50.0 to 57.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) very fine sandy loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct and 21 percent dusky red (10R 3/3) coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09039
    6C8G—147 to 165 centimeters (57.9 to 65.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; 3 percent dusky red (10R 3/3) coarse prominent and 3 percent weak red (10R 4/4) coarse distinct and 21 percent dusky red (10R 3/3) coarse prominent mottles; friable; 0.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09040
    6C9G—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A09041