IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010VT007003
  • User Pedon ID: S2010VT007003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010VT007003
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N6708
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72307
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 44.5427818
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1536102
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Colchester - downstream of Mill Pond (pit location in TeE but mis-mapped in the floodplain
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT007—Chittenden County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, K. Garvey, E. Ishee
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: meander belt on alluvial plain
  • Landform: valley flat
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree 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

    ACRU

    DRYOP

    LONIC

    PIST

    SOLID

    Acer rubrum

    Dryopteris

    Lonicera

    Pinus strobus

    Solidago

    red maple

    woodfern

    honeysuckle

    eastern white pine

    goldenrod

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    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

    5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    315

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A1—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 4.0 very coarse roots and 1.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03903; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—22 to 60 centimeters (8.7 to 23.6 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 15 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 4/6); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03904; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—60 to 103 centimeters (23.6 to 40.6 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 3 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03906; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C3—103 to 125 centimeters (40.6 to 49.2 inches); dark gray (N 4/), very fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 2 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments. Lab sample # 11N03908; moist when described; observed in pit, small