IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Skerry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NY041009
  • User Pedon ID: 88NY041009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0873
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62806
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 43.4291649
  • Std. Longitude: -74.7324982
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In forest, 300 feet E of Haskell camp on Hurter road and 250 feet S on E side of woods trail; the town of Morehouse, Hamilton County, NY.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY041—Hamilton

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, subactive, frigid Andic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Skerry
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crary
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Aquic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • 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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    E—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 90P05196. not sampled; very thin discontinuous, gray, light gray, or light brownish gray (10YR 6/1 - 6/2)
    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2); very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05197. undecomposed leaf litter
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05196
    Bhs1—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05197
    Bhs2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05198. common fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    BC1—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; 11 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) medium distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05199. common medium distinct 2.5Y42 mottles; many 7.5YR56 mottles
    BC2—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy sand; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium platy structure; very firm; 10 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05200. common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    Cd—74 to 157 centimeters (29.1 to 61.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy sand; massive, and weak medium platy; very firm; brittle; 10 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 90P05201