IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vergennes
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002VT007001
  • User Pedon ID: S2002VT007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0516
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15267
  • 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: 44.4030571
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1797256
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Shelburne
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • MLRA: 142—St. Lawrence-Champlain Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Fischer with assistance
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, active, mesic Glossaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vergennes
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, mixed, active, mesic Glossaquic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/15/2002
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/15/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    121

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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02631
    BE—22 to 38 centimeters (8.7 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02632
    Bt1—38 to 57 centimeters (15.0 to 22.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 40 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02633. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 248339; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 248339
    Bt2—57 to 86 centimeters (22.4 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 60 percent gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02634. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 248343; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 248343
    BC—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02635
    2C—122 to 185 centimeters (48.0 to 72.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) stratified stratified loam; massive; friable; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # 02N02636