IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Adirondack
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NY089001
  • User Pedon ID: S06NY089001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NY089001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0353
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18883
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 44.1698608
  • Std. Longitude: -74.9037476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: New York
  • County: NY089—St. Lawrence
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY089—St. Lawrence County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Carlisle, Dr Russ Briggs, Ted Trevail
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Adirondack
  • Classificaton Date - 5/15/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat 600- to 1000-millimeter gneiss,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/15/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • 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

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    BEAL2

    FRAM2

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Fraxinus americana

    red maple

    sugar maple

    yellow birch

    white ash

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

    densic material

    noncoherent

    64 -

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

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    densic materials

    2—9

    9—64

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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

    6

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 6 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    E—2 to 9 centimeters (0.8 to 3.5 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) broken face cobbly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 20 percent fine distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions lining pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bs1—9 to 17 centimeters (3.5 to 6.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) cobbly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 20 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01844; moist when described; observed in trench
    B2—17 to 41 centimeters (6.7 to 16.1 inches); 90 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior and 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior cobbly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 1 percent fine faint and 1 percent fine faint ; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 07N01845; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Bs3—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) very cobbly loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent medium faint dark gray (5YR 4/1), moist,; 2 percent medium faint noncoherent cemented ; 20 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01846; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Cd—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very cobbly loamy sand; massive; firm; brittle; 3 percent coarse distinct gray (7.5YR 6/1), moist, and 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist,; 20 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 07N01847; moist when described; observed in trench