IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965VT007006
  • User Pedon ID: S1965VT007006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965VT007006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1188
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34797
  • 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: 44.5263901
  • Std. Longitude: -73.2138901
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Colchester Town; about 330 yards east of Pine Island on the C. Fitzgerald farm, approximately 2.1 miles north northwest of Winooski, .25 mile west of Sunderland Brook, site precisely located on soil survey air photo
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • MLRA: 142—St. Lawrence-Champlain Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT007—Chittenden County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. J. Pedersen, D. P. Franzmeier, R. F. Gowdey, R. V. Joslin, M. Vidrine, and G. W. Allen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, acid, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SACO
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AGGI2

    PHAR3

    Agrostis gigantea

    Phalaris arundinacea

    redtop

    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

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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; strong very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09017
    A1—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) mucky silt loam; 21 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09018
    C1G—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silt loam; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; very coarse prismatic structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09019
    C2G—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; 3 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine prominent and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09020
    2C3G—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) very fine sandy loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak thick platy structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09021
    3C4—94 to 137 centimeters (37.0 to 53.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt; moderate very thin platy structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09022
    4C5—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) mucky silt loam; 1 percent gray (N 5/0) medium faint mottles; massive; friable; 0.1 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A09023