IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007VT011002
  • User Pedon ID: S07VT011002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2007VT011002
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0228
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19736
  • 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: 44.7591972
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1351166
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Jason Burt home, farm along Mill River near corn fields, very near river; overgrown field; apple trees nearby
  • Map Unit: Le—Limerick silt loam
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT011—Franklin
  • MLRA: 142—St. Lawrence-Champlain Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT011—Franklin County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, E. Young, C. Matarese
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Classificaton Date - 10/9/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Geology: Cssm formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/9/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    PHAR3

    Phalaris arundinacea

    reed canarygrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    cambic horizon

    17—29

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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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    55

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    Oa—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1) mucky loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 1.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw—17 to 29 centimeters (6.7 to 11.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 10 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Cd1—29 to 74 centimeters (11.4 to 29.1 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 50 percent gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; massive; extremely firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Cd2—74 to 106 centimeters (29.1 to 41.7 inches); 90 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and 10 percent gray (N 5/), silty clay; massive; extremely firm; 1 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions and 30 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    Cd3—106 centimeters (41.7 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; massive; extremely firm; 1 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions and 30 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments.; observed in auger, bucket