IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008VT011009
  • User Pedon ID: S08VT011009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008VT011009
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0302
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23941
  • 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: 45.0054626
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0687714
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Highgate, Franklin County, VT; Rock River Wildlife Managemant Area, off St Armand Road - 1000 meters NE along RR bed from road, then 35 meters E, in between RR bed and river
  • 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, M. Sharon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Geology: Shelburne Formation (os) formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/2008 (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 - 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

    ACSA2

    FRPE

    ONSE

    QUAL

    VITIS

    Acer saccharinum

    Fraxinus pennsylvanica

    Onoclea sensibilis

    Quercus alba

    Vitis

    silver maple

    green ash

    sensitive fern

    white oak

    grape

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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

    1

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    30.2

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; strong very coarse granular structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A/B—20 to 42 centimeters (7.9 to 16.5 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 7 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—42 to 69 centimeters (16.5 to 27.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 20 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—69 to 92 centimeters (27.2 to 36.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 5 percent coarse prominent bluish gray (10B 5/1), moist, iron depletions and 30 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg—92 to 140 centimeters (36.2 to 55.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; massive; very firm; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small