Enosburg soil series
A representative soil profile of the Enosburg series. (Photo provided by Jim Turenne; USDA-NRCS; New England Soil Profiles)
The Enosburg series consists of very deep, poorly drained soils that formed in sandy glaciofluvial or aeolian deposits underlain by loamy estaurine or glaciolacustrine deposits. They are on glacial lake plains and glacial outwash areas. Permeability is rapid in the surface layer and upper part of the substratum and moderately slow or slow in the lower part of the substratum. Slope ranges from 0 to 8 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 34 inches and mean annual temperature is about 45 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy over loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Aeric Epiaquents
Depth to the loamy layers ranges from 16 to 34 inches. Depth to bedrock, skeletal, or coarse textured layers is greater than 60 inches. Rock fragments range from 0 to 5 percent. Some subhorizons have up to 20 percent rock fragments. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid in the surface layer and upper part of the substratum and from moderately acid to neutral in the lower part of the substratum.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used for hay and pasture. Some areas are used for growing row crops or are wooded. Common trees are red maple, sugar maple, white pine, elm, gray birch, and alder. Spruce, fir and tamarack are common in the northern range of the series.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and northern New York; MLRAs 142, 144A, 144B, and 145. The series is not extensive, less than 10,000 acres.
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Enosburg soil series
A representative soil profile of the Enosburg series. (Photo provided by Jim Turenne; USDA-NRCS; New England Soil Profiles)
The Enosburg series consists of very deep, poorly drained soils that formed in sandy glaciofluvial or aeolian deposits underlain by loamy estaurine or glaciolacustrine deposits. They are on glacial lake plains and glacial outwash areas. Permeability is rapid in the surface layer and upper part of the substratum and moderately slow or slow in the lower part of the substratum. Slope ranges from 0 to 8 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 34 inches and mean annual temperature is about 45 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy over loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Aeric Epiaquents
Depth to the loamy layers ranges from 16 to 34 inches. Depth to bedrock, skeletal, or coarse textured layers is greater than 60 inches. Rock fragments range from 0 to 5 percent. Some subhorizons have up to 20 percent rock fragments. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid in the surface layer and upper part of the substratum and from moderately acid to neutral in the lower part of the substratum.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used for hay and pasture. Some areas are used for growing row crops or are wooded. Common trees are red maple, sugar maple, white pine, elm, gray birch, and alder. Spruce, fir and tamarack are common in the northern range of the series.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and northern New York; MLRAs 142, 144A, 144B, and 145. The series is not extensive, less than 10,000 acres.
For additional information about New England soils, visit:
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/E/ENOSBURG.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#enosburg