IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vergennes
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007VT007003
  • User Pedon ID: S07VT007003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2007VT007003
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0222
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19730
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 44.2842178
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1759415
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: John Barlow property - Charlotte - 5201 Spear St - wooded area on flat bench between terraces
  • Map Unit: VeE—Vergennes clay, 25 to 60 percent slopes
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • MLRA: 142—St. Lawrence-Champlain Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT007—Chittenden County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Glossaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vergennes
  • Taxonomic Class - Glossaquic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/2007
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: very rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone)
  • Geology: Winooski Dolomite (cw) formation.
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/7/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CACA18

    CACO15

    CARYA

    DRYOP

    FRAM2

    POAC4

    TORA2

    TSUGA

    Carpinus caroliniana

    Carya cordiformis

    Carya

    Dryopteris

    Fraxinus americana

    Polystichum acrostichoides

    Toxicodendron radicans

    Tsuga

    American hornbeam

    bitternut hickory

    hybrid hickory

    woodfern

    white ash

    Christmas fern

    eastern poison ivy

    hemlock

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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

    4

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    85.3

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    45

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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate very coarse granular structure; firm; low excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—23 to 47 centimeters (9.1 to 18.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm by carbonates; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—47 to 63 centimeters (18.5 to 24.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots; 1 percent fine distinct gray (7.5YR 6/1) iron depletions and 30 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 0 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—63 to 92 centimeters (24.8 to 36.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; high excavation difficulty; 0.0 roots; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—92 to 112 centimeters (36.2 to 44.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) gravelly sandy clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; high excavation difficulty; 1 percent fine distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat well rounded 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat well rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat well rounded 5-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—112 centimeters (44.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) extremely cobbly sandy clay; firm; extremely high excavation difficulty; 10 percent fine prominent 2.5Y 4/8 (2.5Y 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume nonflat well rounded 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume nonflat well rounded 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments.; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small