IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010VT007004
  • User Pedon ID: S2010VT007004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010VT007004
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N6709
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71972
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 44.5100594
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1215591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: behind condos west of 2A in Essex (north of 5 corners)
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT007—Chittenden County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, E. Ishee, K. Garvey, A. Nord, D. Valentine
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: meander belt on alluvial plain
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: rare ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ALNUS

    HAVI4

    IMBI2

    PHAR3

    URTIC

    Alnus

    Hamamelis virginiana

    Impatiens biflora

    Phalaris arundinacea

    Urtica

    alder

    American witchhazel

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    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

    2

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    225

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    A—0 to 27 centimeters (0.0 to 10.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak very coarse granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 10.0 fine roots; 15 percent medium red (2.5YR 4/6); fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03909; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—27 to 80 centimeters (10.6 to 31.5 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 20 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6); fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03910; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—80 to 105 centimeters (31.5 to 41.3 inches); greenish gray (5BG 5/1) fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 10 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6); fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03912; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg3—105 to 120 centimeters (41.3 to 47.2 inches); dark greenish gray (10GY 4/1) fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 7 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments. Lab sample # 11N03913; moist when described; observed in pit, small