IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vergennes
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002VT007003
  • User Pedon ID: S2002VT007003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002VT007003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0526
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15277
  • 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: 44.3933334
  • Std. Longitude: -73.2547226
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Shelburne Farm, Town of Shelburn: 44 23 36 N, 73 15 17 W (GPS);
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • MLRA: 142—St. Lawrence-Champlain Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Fischer, Steve Gourley, Warren Lynn, Bruce Thompson, Ted Trevail
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Glossaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vergennes
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, mesic Glossaquic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/16/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    TARAX

    TRIFO

    Taraxacum

    Trifolium

    dandelion

    clover

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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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    65.5

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    90

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    Ap1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02652
    Ap2—6 to 25 centimeters (2.4 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02653
    BA—25 to 34 centimeters (9.8 to 13.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02654
    BE—34 to 55 centimeters (13.4 to 21.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 75 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02655. continuous - phpvsfiid 279744; continuous - phpvsfiid 279744
    Bt—55 to 79 centimeters (21.7 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 75 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02656. continuous - phpvsfiid 279745; continuous - phpvsfiid 279745
    BC—79 to 115 centimeters (31.1 to 45.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; massive; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) organic stains and 5 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent fine and medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02657. patchy - phpvsfiid 279747; patchy - phpvsfiid 279747
    C—115 to 132 centimeters (45.3 to 52.0 inches); 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; massive; firm; 1 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains; distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 20 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # 02N02658