IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Worden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NY031005
  • User Pedon ID: 87NY031005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987NY031005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0621
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59916
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 44.3997231
  • Std. Longitude: -73.8866653
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Essex County, NY: 0.2 mi E of Toll House on Whiteface Mtn. Memorial Highway. 200 feet S off road Wilmington.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY031—Essex
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Kimble, Terry Cook, Brian Grisi
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Andic Haplohumods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Worden
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Worden
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Aquic Haplohumod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 1.45 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • 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
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    BEAL2

    PIRU

    Abies balsamea

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Picea rubens

    balsam fir

    yellow birch

    red spruce

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    spodic horizon

    20—70

    —-

    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

    25

    777

    0

    110

    3

    14

    12

    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); Error; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;. common very fine roots throughout
    Oa—4 to 19 centimeters (1.6 to 7.5 inches); black (5Y 2/1) interior Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03281; very moist when described;. many fine roots; common medium roots throughout
    BE—19 to 24 centimeters (7.5 to 9.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior and reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 2 percent faint , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel and 15 percent prominent , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel and 55 percent faint , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 87P03282; wet when described;. (5YR 3/2) is the E color. Moderately smeary.; few iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; very few iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; many iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; common fine roots; common medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 222131; patchy - phpvsfiid 222132; continuous - phpvsfiid 222133; continuous - phpvsfiid 222131; patchy - phpvsfiid 222132; continuous - phpvsfiid 222133
    Bh1—24 to 37 centimeters (9.4 to 14.6 inches); 40 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior and 40 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior and 20 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 37 percent prominent , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel and 55 percent distinct , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03283; wet when described;. Moderately smeary.; many iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; common iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; common fine roots; common medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 222134; continuous - phpvsfiid 222135; continuous - phpvsfiid 222134; continuous - phpvsfiid 222135
    Bh2—37 to 50 centimeters (14.6 to 19.7 inches); 30 percent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) interior and 70 percent dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) interior sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 37 percent prominent , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel and 55 percent distinct , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03284; wet when described;. Moderately smeary.; many iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; common iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; common fine roots; common medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 222136; continuous - phpvsfiid 222137; continuous - phpvsfiid 222136; continuous - phpvsfiid 222137
    Bhs—50 to 74 centimeters (19.7 to 29.1 inches); 40 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior and 40 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior and 20 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine interstitial pores; 37 percent prominent , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel and 55 percent distinct , moist, iron stains on sand and gravel; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, phenol red. Lab sample # 87P03285; wet when described;. Saturated with water. Water moving through horizon and pouring in pit. Requires contain builing. Friable but peds pop and are brittle. Moderately smeary.; many iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; common iron stains surface features on sand and gravel; common very fine roots; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 222138; continuous - phpvsfiid 222139; continuous - phpvsfiid 222138; continuous - phpvsfiid 222139
    Cd—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); fragments.