IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Becket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NY031002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NY031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1254
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34863
  • 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: 43.9666443
  • Std. Longitude: -74.2162170
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Huntington Wildlife Forest Experiment Station 4 miles west of Newcomb on Highway 28N. Site about 600 meters south of highway along trail to Goodnow Mt.
  • 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 #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Becket
  • PSC - 25 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    26

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    610

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A09542. Birch, beech, and maple leaves, stems and other plant debris; partially decomposed in lower part.
    A1—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) mucky loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09543
    B21H—16 to 26 centimeters (6.3 to 10.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09544
    B22H—26 to 39 centimeters (10.2 to 15.4 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09545
    B23H—39 to 62 centimeters (15.4 to 24.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09546
    2B&C—62 to 89 centimeters (24.4 to 35.0 inches); 66 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 33 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) sandy loam; moderate thick platy structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09547
    2C1X—89 to 133 centimeters (35.0 to 52.4 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loamy sand; moderate medium platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09548
    2C2—133 to 146 centimeters (52.4 to 57.5 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) sand; moderate thick platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09549