IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Empeyville
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2009NY049022
User Pedon ID:
S09NY049022
Vegetation Plot ID:
S2009NY049022
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Pedon # -
10N0522
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
28203
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
43.6870817
Std. Longitude:
-75.6575033
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
backhoe pit on state land, end of trail to south off trail off Parker road, just onto Sears Pond SE
Map Unit:
3115C—Worth-Empeyville Complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes
State:
New York
County:
NY049—Lewis
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NY049—Lewis County, New York
PEDON
Describers Name:
Trevail, Hunyadi, Norton
Current Taxonomic Class:
Frigid Aquic Fragiorthods
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Empeyville
Taxonomic Class -
Frigid Aquic Fragiorthods
Classificaton Date -
8/6/2009
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/6/2009 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
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
BETUL
Acer rubrum
Betula
red maple
birch
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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
15
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582
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200
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Oa—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) highly decomposed plant material; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; and and ; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.
E—8 to 12 centimeters (3.1 to 4.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and ; 2 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.
Bh—12 to 15 centimeters (4.7 to 5.9 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
Bhs—15 to 26 centimeters (5.9 to 10.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume flat subrounded 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
Bs1—26 to 47 centimeters (10.2 to 18.5 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
Bs2—47 to 66 centimeters (18.5 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 medium roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; 2 percent medium grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subrounded 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.
Bx1—66 to 98 centimeters (26.0 to 38.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) extremely gravelly fine sandy loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; brittle; 1 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions between peds and 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on vertical faces of peds; ; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary.
Bx2—98 to 152 centimeters (38.6 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
C—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loamy fine sand; structureless massive; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 45 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter.