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: 11/26/2024

    • 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
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    28

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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