IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ontusia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986NY025001
  • User Pedon ID: 86NY025001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0196
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59492
  • Print Date: 9/26/2024

    • 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: 42.2677765
  • Std. Longitude: -75.2852783
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Seifried farm, hayfield across from house.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY025—Delaware

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Hanna, Goddard, Day
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Aeric Fragiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ontusia
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Volusia
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aeric Fragiaquept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior channery silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01004. 15% rock fragments; 2% greater than 8 cm.; many fine roots
    1Bw—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior channery silt loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01005. 10% rock fragments; 2% greater than 8 cm.; common fine roots; few medium distinct 10YR53 mottles; few medium distinct 10YR52 mottles
    1Eg—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium faint and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01006. 10% rock fragments.; few fine roots; many medium distinct 7.5YR44 mottles; many medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; few medium faint 2.5Y62 mottles
    1Bx1—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior channery silt loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and medium faint and 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; strong coarse and very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01007. Add rock fragments content; prism face description.; few fine roots between peds; common fine and medium faint 7.5YR44 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR61 mottles
    1Bx2—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior channery silt loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) coarse distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; greenish gray (5GY 6/1), moist, pressure faces and faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01008. 25% rock fragments; 2% greater than 8 cm.; common coarse distinct 7.5YR54 mottles; common coarse distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 231932; patchy - phpvsfiid 231932
    1Bx3—91 to 145 centimeters (35.8 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium platy, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium vesicular pores; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01009. common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 2.5Y52 mottles
    1Cd—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very channery silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium platy, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01010. common fine faint 10YR56 mottles