IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ellery
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958NY109002
  • User Pedon ID: S1958NY109002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0277
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32805
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Tompkins County, New York. Follow Ellis Hollow Road about 3 miles east of its junction with Judd Falls Road. Sampled on the property of Earl Stone, 6 feet south of edge of road ditch and 125 feet east of spruce tree at the corner of Dr. Stone's yard.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY109—Tompkins
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY109—Tompkins County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ellery
  • PSC - 10 to 16 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02042
    A2g—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) channery silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and 21 percent medium faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02043
    B'x1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior channery silt loam; 3 percent fine faint and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium mottles; coarse prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02044
    B'x2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) exterior and olive gray (5Y 5/2) channery silty clay loam; 1 percent mottles; prismatic structure; very firm; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A02045. Prisms are separated by olive gray silt loam in vertical bands 1/4 to 3/4 inch wide.
    B'x3—66 to 142 centimeters (26.0 to 55.9 inches); channery silty clay loam; very coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A02046. Prisms separated by 1/8 to 1/4 inch of olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam and bounded by 1/4 inch rim of strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183848; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183848
    B'x4—142 to 198 centimeters (55.9 to 78.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior channery silty clay loam; 3 percent fine faint mottles; very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; gray (5Y 6/1), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02047. Prisms divided by coats.
    C—198 to 213 centimeters (78.0 to 83.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) channery loam; 1 percent fine faint mottles; weak platy structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A02048