IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Becket
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973NY031005
  • User Pedon ID: S1973NY031005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973NY031005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1256
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34865
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 43.9627762
  • Std. Longitude: -74.2238922
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Huntington Wildlife Forest Experiment Station 4 miles west of Newcomb on Hwy. 28N. Site is about 300 meters south of road and upslope from S73 NY 16-1 on slopes of Mt. Goodnow.
  • 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 #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Becket
  • PSC - 25 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    ACER

    FAGUS

    Acer

    Fagus

    maple

    beech

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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

    27

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A09557. Leaves, stems, twigs and other plant debris; partially decomposed in lower part.
    A1—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09558
    B21H—5 to 16 centimeters (2.0 to 6.3 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09559
    B22H—16 to 36 centimeters (6.3 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09560
    2B23IR—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09561
    2C1X—64 to 77 centimeters (25.2 to 30.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) coarse mottles; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 0.1 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09562