IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Houghtonville
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1977NY031002
User Pedon ID:
77NY031002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
78P0116
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
45125
Print Date:
11/12/2024
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:
44.2144432
Std. Longitude:
-73.9255524
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Essex County, NY town of North Elba Mt. Van Hoevenburg near top of proposed luge run
State:
New York
County:
NY031—Essex
PEDON
Describers Name:
J.Warner R.Arnold C.Maine F.Hutton J.Brown
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Haplorthods
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
2
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Houghtonville
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Berkshire
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthod
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
9/1/1977
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
Landform:
hillside or mountainside
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/1/1977 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
tree cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
hardwoods
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
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
28
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255
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O2—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 78P00599. Partially decomposed organic material
B21h—7 to 13 centimeters (2.8 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; moderately smeary; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00600. many fine and medium roots
B22hir—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately smeary; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00601. many fine and medium roots
B23ir—20 to 44 centimeters (7.9 to 17.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately smeary; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00602. common fine and medium roots
B24ir—44 to 71 centimeters (17.3 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately smeary; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00603. common fine and medium roots
2B3—71 to 120 centimeters (28.0 to 47.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00604
2C—120 to 144 centimeters (47.2 to 56.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior gravelly sandy loam; massive; friable; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 78P00605