IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S09VT011007
  • User Pedon ID: S09VT011007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S09VT011007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0740
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43313
  • 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: 44.9104729
  • Std. Longitude: -72.8690262
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Franklin County, Vermont; Town of Sheldon. Kane Farm, just off rt 105 (near junction with 236) along the main branch of the Missisquoi River.
  • Map Unit: Le—Limerick silt loam
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT011—Franklin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT011—Franklin County, Vermont
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44072-H7—Enosburg Falls, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, E. Ishee
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/2009
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain, meander belt
  • Landform: valley flat
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Pinnacle Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/2009 (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 - hayland
  • 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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    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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    110

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    Ap1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very fine sandy loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) very fine sandy loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 very coarse roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—56 to 80 centimeters (22.0 to 31.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam, very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 15 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—80 to 96 centimeters (31.5 to 37.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; massive; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 17 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C3—96 to 140 centimeters (37.8 to 55.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) silt loam; massive; firm, extremely strong; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 10 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C4—140 to 215 centimeters (55.1 to 84.6 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay loam; massive; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 12 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C5—215 to 229 centimeters (84.6 to 90.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) stratified stratified fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; 2 percent coarse yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, and 7 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist,; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    3C6—229 to 240 centimeters (90.2 to 94.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) coarse sand; single grain; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 25 percent coarse yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small