IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vergennes
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002VT007002
  • User Pedon ID: S2002VT007002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002VT007002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0521
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15272
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 44.3725014
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1597214
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Shelburne
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • MLRA: 142—St. Lawrence-Champlain Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Thom Villars with assistance
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, active, mesic Glossaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vergennes
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, mixed, active, mesic Glossaquic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/15/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/15/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    LOLIU

    Lolium

    ryegrass

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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

    3

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    110

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02641
    BE—20 to 37 centimeters (7.9 to 14.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay depletions in matrix; nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02642
    Bt1—37 to 56 centimeters (14.6 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; brown (10YR 5/3) on all faces of peds and 75 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay depletions; nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02643. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279351; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279351
    Bt2—56 to 80 centimeters (22.0 to 31.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) on all faces of peds and 75 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay depletions in matrix; nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02644. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279353; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279353
    Bt3—80 to 122 centimeters (31.5 to 48.0 inches); 50 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate masses on faces of peds; nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02645. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279727; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279727
    BCt—122 to 153 centimeters (48.0 to 60.2 inches); 50 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; moderate very thick platy parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate thick platy parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint gray (2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent black (2.5Y 2.5/1) in matrix; 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate masses; nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02646. patchy - phpvsfiid 279728; patchy - phpvsfiid 279728
    CB—153 to 176 centimeters (60.2 to 69.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) clay; firm; 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate masses; nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 02N02647