IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): alluvial land
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010VT007001
  • User Pedon ID: S2010VT007001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010VT007001
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N6706
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70392
  • 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: 44.4961624
  • Std. Longitude: -73.1100082
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: riparian area south of Essex High School parking lot
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT007—Chittenden County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves, Don Ross, Eulaila Ishee
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - alluvial land
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: meander belt on alluvial plain
  • Landform: valley flat
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/26/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree 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

    ACNE2

    IMBI2

    PHAR3

    Acer negundo

    Impatiens biflora

    Phalaris arundinacea

    boxelder

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    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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    A—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N03892; wet when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—24 to 40 centimeters (9.4 to 15.7 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 5 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 4/6); fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N03893; wet when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—40 to 71 centimeters (15.7 to 28.0 inches); dark greenish gray (10Y 3/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 fine roots; 3 percent coarse yellowish red (5YR 4/6); fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N03894; wet when described; observed in pit, small
    C3—71 to 110 centimeters (28.0 to 43.3 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), silt loam; massive; firm; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 11N03895; wet when described; observed in pit, small