IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moriah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NY031001
  • User Pedon ID: 88NY031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0263
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61367
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: New York
  • County: NY031—Essex

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Moriah
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Dystric Eutrochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1988 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    189

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01484. few medium roots; many fine roots
    Ap2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01485. many fine roots
    Bw1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy loam, loamy sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01485. common fine roots
    Bw2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01486. common fine roots
    Bc—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01487. differential iron bodies (10YR 5/6) - iron segregation; few fine roots
    C1—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01488. differential iron bodies (2.5Y 5/6) - iron segregation, occupies 15-20% of the horizons; banded C1 and C2 horizons - 1-3 mm thick, (2.5Y 4/2) in C1 and (10YR 4/2) in C2; few fine roots
    C2—127 to 178 centimeters (50.0 to 70.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01489. banded C1 and C2 horizons - 1-3 mm thick, (2.5Y 4/2) in C1 and (10YR 4/2) in C2; few fine roots
    C3—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog.