IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010VT007006
  • User Pedon ID: S2010VT007006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010VT007006
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N6711
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71537
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 44.5172958
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0644455
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: east of Chapin Rd - Essex - along Alder Brook
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT007—Chittenden County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2010
  • 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: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/2010 (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

    LONIC

    PHAR3

    SOLID

    Lonicera

    Phalaris arundinacea

    Solidago

    honeysuckle

    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

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    A—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03918; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A/E—24 to 37 centimeters (9.4 to 14.6 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 7 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 7 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03919; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—37 to 49 centimeters (14.6 to 19.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent coarse yellowish red (5YR 5/6); fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg—49 to 80 centimeters (19.3 to 31.5 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam, fine sandy loam; weak very thick platy structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 15 percent coarse yellowish red (5YR 5/6); fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03921; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg—80 to 117 centimeters (31.5 to 46.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) very fine sandy loam; weak very thick platy structure; firm; 15 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); fragments. Lab sample # 11N03922; moist when described; observed in pit, small