IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Niagara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959NY109009
  • User Pedon ID: S1959NY109009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0255
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32783
  • 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: 42.5024986
  • Std. Longitude: -76.3349991
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Tompkins County, New York. 600 yards west of Route 38 on George Jr. Republic farm, 1 mile southeast of Freeville. Aerial photo ARU-1N-167.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY109—Tompkins
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY109—Tompkins County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Niagara
  • PSC - 12 to 32 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1959 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01882
    A2g—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak prismatic parts to weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01883
    B21tg—30 to 76 centimeters (11.8 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/ fine faint and 3 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint mottles; prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A01884
    B22tg—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint mottles; prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/), moist, clay films on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A01885
    C—91 to 178 centimeters (35.8 to 70.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; prismatic parts to moderate thick platy, and massive; firm; gray (N 5/), moist, clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01886