IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965VT007009
  • User Pedon ID: S1965VT007009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965VT007009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1191
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34800
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 44.4483337
  • Std. Longitude: -72.9800034
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Williston Town, .5 miles north of the Williston-Richmond town line, 1.9 miles east of Williston village on the Keefe farm
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • MLRA: 142—St. Lawrence-Champlain Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT007—Chittenden County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. J. Bartlett, D. P. Franzmeier, E. J. Pedersen, R. V. Joslin, R. F. Gowdey, and G. W. Allen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Ashy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LIMERICK
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: FY-2-22
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRPR2

    VICIA

    Trifolium pratense

    Vicia

    red clover

    vetch

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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
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    AP1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09042
    A12—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) very fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate very thin platy structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09043
    C1G—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) very fine sandy loam; 3 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) coarse prominent and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium platy, and weak thick platy structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09044
    C2G—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and olive (5Y 4/3) very fine sandy loam; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09045
    C3G—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) very fine sandy loam; 3 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09046
    2C4G—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09047
    2C5G—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak thin platy structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09048
    3C6G—124 to 145 centimeters (48.8 to 57.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) very fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09049
    4C7G—145 to 173 centimeters (57.1 to 68.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) loamy fine sand; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A09050
    5C8G—173 to 249 centimeters (68.1 to 98.0 inches); black (5Y 2/1) mucky very fine sandy loam; very friable; 0.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 40A09051