IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Peru
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NY031001
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NY031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1253
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34862
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • 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: 43.9666672
  • Std. Longitude: -74.2166672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Huntington Wildlife Forest Experiment Station 4 miles west of Newcomb on Hwy. 28N. Site about 250 meters south of Highway.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY031—Essex
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY031—Essex County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. E. Witty and R. W. Arnold
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Peru
  • PSC - 25 to 59 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1973 (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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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09531. Loose needles, twigs, and other plant debris. Undecomposed in upper part but partially decomposed in lower part.
    O2—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); black (5YR 2/1); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09532
    A11—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); 50 percent black (5YR 2/1) and 50 percent black (10YR 2/1) mucky silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09533
    A12—6 to 13 centimeters (2.4 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09534
    B21H—13 to 26 centimeters (5.1 to 10.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09535
    B22H—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak thick platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09536
    B23H—41 to 62 centimeters (16.1 to 24.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A09537
    2C1X—62 to 87 centimeters (24.4 to 34.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium mottles; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09538
    2C2X—87 to 115 centimeters (34.3 to 45.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) sand; 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) coarse mottles; moderate medium platy structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09539
    3C3—115 to 125 centimeters (45.3 to 49.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy sand; strong medium platy structure; extremely firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09540
    3C4—125 to 148 centimeters (49.2 to 58.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; moderate thick platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09541