IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nassau
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969NY115002
  • User Pedon ID: S1969NY115002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1173
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34782
  • 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: 43.1916656
  • Std. Longitude: -73.4075012
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Greenwich, 200 feet east of Bunker Hill Road, 1,200 feet south of Argyle - Greenwich town line.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY115—Washington
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY115—Washington County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nassau
  • PSC - 25 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: skeletal loamy melt-out till derived from acid shale
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1969 (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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    280

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08907
    A12—15 to 22 centimeters (5.9 to 8.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A08908
    B21—22 to 30 centimeters (8.7 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A08909
    B22—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A08910
    R—48 to 73 centimeters (18.9 to 28.7 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments. Lab sample # 40A08911