IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riverhead
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NY103005
  • User Pedon ID: 87NY103005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0427
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59722
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 40.9716682
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6516647
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sheet 28
  • State: New York
  • County: NY103—Suffolk

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Riverhead
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/23/2013
  • Classifier - Donald Parizek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plymouth
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1987 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fibric soil materials

    ochric epipedon

    hemic soil materials

    cambic horizon

    0—1

    0—11

    1—6

    11—105

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    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

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    180

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    Oe—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 87P2229
    A—6 to 11 centimeters (2.4 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P2230. many fine roots; few medium roots
    Bw1—11 to 21 centimeters (4.3 to 8.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P2231. common fine and medium roots
    Bw2—21 to 62 centimeters (8.3 to 24.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P2232. common fine and medium roots; few medium roots
    Bw3—62 to 105 centimeters (24.4 to 41.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior coarse sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 87P2233. few fine and medium roots
    2C—105 to 133 centimeters (41.3 to 52.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loamy coarse sand; massive; friable; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 87P2234. Roots are in upper part. Rock fragments to low.; few fine roots