IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NY041007
  • User Pedon ID: 88NY041007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0871
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62804
  • 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: 43.8586121
  • Std. Longitude: -74.3666687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hamilton County, NY. In forest, W of Perkins Clearing, near Sled Harbor SW of Route 30 and W of Jessup River.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY041—Hamilton

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Colton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colton
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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
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    Oi—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) mucky peat; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05179. and 90P5180; decomposed remains of red spruce and balsam fir needles
    Oa—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05181
    E—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 4 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05182
    Bh—23 to 25 centimeters (9.1 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) loamy sand; weak medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P05183
    Bhs1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly loamy sand; weak medium and coarse granular structure; firm; 15 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P05184. 3% of rock fragments over 3 inches
    Bhs2—43 to 79 centimeters (16.9 to 31.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) very gravelly loamy sand; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P05185. 10% of rock fragments over 3 inches
    Bs—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very gravelly loamy sand; weak fine and medium angular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; firm; 35 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P05186. 15% of rock fragments greater than 3 inches
    BC—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly sand; massive, and single grain; firm; 50 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P05187. 30% of rock fragments greater than 3 inches
    C—137 to 162 centimeters (53.9 to 63.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly sand; massive, and single grain; firm; 50 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. 30% of rock fragments greater than 3 inches