IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hilton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NY073006
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NY073006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0271
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32799
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 43.3080559
  • Std. Longitude: -78.1902771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Orleans County, New York. About 1-1/2 miles north of Childs (on Highway US 104) on the east side of Highway 98.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY073—Orleans
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY073—Orleans County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Bohrer and M.G. Cline.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hilton
  • PSC - 20 to 27 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 pores; 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01988. Upper three inches is slightly compact and cloddy; cavities in some of which are earthworms.
    A21—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly fine sandy loam, loam; weak medium platy structure; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 pores; light brown (7.5YR 6/3), moist, coats on horizontal faces of peds; 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hydrogen peroxide, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01989. The (7.5YR 6/3) appear to be extension of the A22 horizon through the A21 horizon. Vertical holes filled with material like the Ap horizon. Contains fragments of weathered fragment of fossiliferous calcareous sandstone that was dark in color.
    A22—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) medium and coarse and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) medium and coarse mottles; weak medium platy, and weak thick platy structure; very firm; brittle; 21.0 fine roots; 3.0 pores; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01990. Common 1/4 inch vertical channels filled with worm castings or material from the Ap.
    B1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) medium and coarse mottles; weak very thick platy structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 30 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent worm casts; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01991. Common 1/8 to 1/2 inch vertical channels filled with or lined with dark material like the Ap.
    IIB2t—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) gravelly loam; 3 percent medium faint and 3 percent pale green (5G 7/2) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01992. Few 1/4 inch vertical holes; commonly but not all containing dark colored material as linings or as fillings.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195327; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 195327
    IIC—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/2) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) coarse mottles; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3); shale, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A01993. Concretions are of soft masses of shale.