IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westbury
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009NY049025
  • User Pedon ID: S09NY049025
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2009NY049025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0523
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28204
  • 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: 43.7062434
  • Std. Longitude: -75.6681917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: pit on north side of trail off Parker Rd.
  • Map Unit: 3111B—Empeyville-Westbury Complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: New York
  • County: NY049—Lewis
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY049—Lewis County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Amy N. Langner, Barry Hunyadi
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Frigid Typic Fragiaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westbury
  • Taxonomic Class - Frigid Typic Fragiaquods
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/2009
  • 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: 8/25/2009 (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

    FAGUS

    Acer rubrum

    Fagus

    red maple

    beech

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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

    2

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    580

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    340

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    Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) moderately decomposed plant material; structureless massive; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Oa—4 to 11 centimeters (1.6 to 4.3 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) highly decomposed plant material; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E—11 to 15 centimeters (4.3 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 0.1 coarse roots throughout; ; 1 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bh—15 to 21 centimeters (5.9 to 8.3 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume flat subangular 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bs1—21 to 33 centimeters (8.3 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout and 0.1 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.
    Bs2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bx—51 to 136 centimeters (20.1 to 53.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) very gravelly loamy very fine sand; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 0.1 very fine roots top of horizon; 2 percent very coarse prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions between peds and 2 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 600-?-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 76-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 10N02162
    C—136 to 152 centimeters (53.5 to 59.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) extremely gravelly loamy fine sand; structureless massive; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 250-?-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter.