IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Esther
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004NY031004
  • User Pedon ID: S04NY031004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2004NY031004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0532
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24534
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 44.3849983
  • Std. Longitude: -73.9024963
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Wooded area in the Town of Wilmington, about 11,000 feet up the Whiteface Mountain toll road from the toll booth, then 460 feet due west down slope. USGS Lake Placid topo quad.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New York
  • County: NY031—Essex
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY031—Essex County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gerald Smith, Ted Trevail
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, amorphic Aquandic Humicryods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Esther
  • PSC - 25 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Esther
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial, amorphic Aquandic Haplocryod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/2004
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy lodgment till derived from gneiss
  • Landscape: Adirondack mountains
  • Landform: back-slope or foot-slope positions mountain slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 2.40 percent indurated gneiss,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    2MOSS

    ABBA

    BEAL2

    DRYOP

    —

    Abies balsamea

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Dryopteris

    Moss

    balsam fir

    yellow birch

    woodfern

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    —

    84 - 183

    - 99 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    andic soil properties

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    densic contact

    —

    20—25

    25—71

    84—183

    —-

    —5—

    —46—

    —99—
    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

    33

    —

    —

    991

    —

    340

    1397

    —

    90

    1.7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) rubbed slightly decomposed plant material; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02311; observed in pit, small
    Oe—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) rubbed moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02312; observed in pit, small
    Oa—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); black (N 2.5/0) rubbed highly decomposed plant material; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02313; observed in pit, small
    E—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); gray (5YR 5/1) broken face fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded ? to 50-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, phenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02314; observed in pit, small
    Bhs1—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) broken face fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume subrounded ? to 150-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 50-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02315; observed in pit, small
    Bhs2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) broken face gravelly fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded ? to 150-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded ? to 50-? millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02316; observed in pit, small
    BC—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face gravelly sandy loam; thick platy, and structureless massive, and medium platy; very firm; brittle; 1 percent fine distinct gray (7.5YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions and 5 percent medium prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume subrounded ? to 150-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded ? to 50-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02317; observed in pit, small
    Cd—84 to 183 centimeters (33.1 to 72.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face gravelly loamy sand; structureless massive, and medium platy, and thick platy; very firm; brittle; 5 percent medium prominent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent coarse prominent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume subrounded ? to 150-? millimeter unspecified fragments and 21 percent by volume subrounded ? to 50-? millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, phenol red. Lab sample # 09N02318; observed in pit, small