IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limerick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010VT007009
  • User Pedon ID: S2010VT007009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2010VT007009
  • User Site Association ID: VT Lake Champlain Phosphorus Study
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N6714
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72543
  • 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: 44.4810167
  • Std. Longitude: -73.0663194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: North of River Road - Essex - Alder Brook; pit 9
  • Map Unit: Le—Limerick silt loam
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT007—Chittenden
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT007—Chittenden County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Alves
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limerick
  • Classificaton Date - 3/25/2013
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain, meander belt
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    CORNU

    GALIU

    SOLID

    Cornus

    Galium

    Solidago

    dogwood

    bedstraw

    goldenrod

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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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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; common very fine roots and few medium roots and common fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03931; observed in pit, small
    C1—22 to 65 centimeters (8.7 to 25.6 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; 2 percent coarse light olive gray (5Y 6/2) iron depletions and 15 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03932; observed in pit, small
    C2—65 to 84 centimeters (25.6 to 33.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; 10 percent greenish gray (5GY 5/1) iron depletions and 45 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03934; observed in pit, small
    C3—84 to 105 centimeters (33.1 to 41.3 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; massive; firm; 35 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03935; observed in pit, small
    C4—105 to 118 centimeters (41.3 to 46.5 inches); very fine sandy loam, silt loam; weak very thin platy structure; friable; 45 percent coarse yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03936; observed in pit, small
    C5—118 to 129 centimeters (46.5 to 50.8 inches); loamy sand; weak medium platy structure; friable; few very fine roots; 15 percent coarse yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03937; observed in pit, small
    C6—129 to 140 centimeters (50.8 to 55.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; 20 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03938; observed in pit, small
    C7—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N03939; observed in pit, small
    C8—173 to 200 centimeters (68.1 to 78.7 inches); sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 11N03940; observed in pit, small