IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riverhead
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NY103006
  • User Pedon ID: 87NY103006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0428
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59723
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.9416656
  • Std. Longitude: -72.6141663
  • Datum: WGS84
  • 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 #: 6
  • 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 - Riverhead
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landform: plain
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—25

    25—80

    96—130

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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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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P2235. 5% coarse fragments.; many fine roots
    Bw1—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P2236. 5% caorse fragments.; common fine roots
    Bw2—56 to 80 centimeters (22.0 to 31.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron stains and 55 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron stains; 13 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P2237. 5% coarse fragments.; many iron stains surface features; few iron stains surface features; few fine roots
    BC—81 to 96 centimeters (31.9 to 37.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sandy loam; weak fine and medium platy structure; very friable; 9 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 87P2238. 8% coarse fragments.
    2C—96 to 130 centimeters (37.8 to 51.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior coarse sand; loose, very friable; 14 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 87P2239. 15% coarse fragments.