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: 11/21/2024

    • 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.