IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Broadalbin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963NY035003
  • User Pedon ID: S1963NY035003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963NY035003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0283
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32811
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 43.0111122
  • Std. Longitude: -74.2505569
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Fulton County, New York. 3 miles west of Perth on county Highway 107, 100 feet south of highway and 150 feet east of a line extended from farm road north of highway.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY035—Fulton
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY035—Fulton County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.G. Cady, M.G. Cline, D.F. Flora, D.F. Franzmeier, F.Z. Hutton, R.L. Marshall, and E.J. Pedersen.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Broadalbin
  • PSC - 10 to 19 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1963 (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

    VAAN

    Vaccinium angustifolium

    lowbush blueberry

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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

    4

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed loam; weak medium granular parts to weak very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02084
    B21—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak very fine granular structure; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, silt coats in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02085
    B22—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 13 percent pressure faces on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02086
    IIB'x1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face sandy loam, fine sandy loam; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) coarse and brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; weak coarse platy structure; very hard, firm; 0.1 roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores and pressure faces on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02087. Scattered clean sand grains between plates. Mottles concentrated in the lower 2 inches of the horizon.; continuous - phpvsfiid 183939; continuous - phpvsfiid 183939
    IIB'x2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) coarse mottles; strong medium and coarse platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.1 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02088. Mottles surrounded by 7.5YR 4/4 band; few blotches of soft black shale, which is very greasy to the fingers.; continuous - phpvsfiid 183940; continuous - phpvsfiid 183940
    IIB'x3—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior fine sandy loam; strong medium and coarse platy structure; 0.0 roots; 0.5 fine pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent coats on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02089
    IIC—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed; strong coarse platy structure; friable; 0.0 roots; 0.5 fine pores; 12 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A02090