IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008VT011002
  • User Pedon ID: S08VT011002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008VT011002
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0295
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23934
  • 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: 44.9750252
  • Std. Longitude: -72.9747162
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Franklin County, VT; Adrian Rainville Farm; near Rock River - in hemlock woods
  • Map Unit: Le—Limerick silt loam
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT011—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT011—Franklin County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, E. Young, L. Tonsend
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Morses Line Formation (oml) formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/2008 (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 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    DRYOP

    FAGR

    TILIA

    TSCA

    Dryopteris

    Fagus grandifolia

    Tilia

    Tsuga canadensis

    woodfern

    American beech

    basswood

    eastern 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

    5

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    76

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    45

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    Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—4 to 18 centimeters (1.6 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; clear irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E/B—18 to 31 centimeters (7.1 to 12.2 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) silt; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; clear irregular boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—31 to 59 centimeters (12.2 to 23.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silt; strong very thick platy structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots; 5 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions and 15 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—59 to 101 centimeters (23.2 to 39.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) silty clay loam; strong very thick platy structure; very firm; 1 percent coarse distinct dusky red (10R 3/3), moist, and 5 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, and 15 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—101 to 142 centimeters (39.8 to 55.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) silty clay; strong very thick platy structure; very firm; 1 percent coarse distinct very dusky red (10R 2.5/2), moist, and 5 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, and 15 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small