IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MUSKELLUNGE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NY089005
  • User Pedon ID: S1981NY089005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981NY089005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0797
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50191
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 44.5008316
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7408371
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Hammond; In a meadow 60 feet West of Oak Point Rd. from a point 100 feet N. along the road from telephone pole 95. Telephone pole #95 is .8 miles south along Oak Point Road from the junction of River Road.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY089—St. Lawrence
  • MLRA: 142—St. Lawrence-Champlain Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY089—St. Lawrence County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, frigid Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MUSKELLUNGE
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rhinebeck
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, frigid Aeric Ochraqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1981
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    clover

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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

    2

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    105

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    225

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate very fine, and fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04744
    BA—18 to 27 centimeters (7.1 to 10.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 10 percent distinct skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04745
    BT1—27 to 34 centimeters (10.6 to 13.4 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 45 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct and 45 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine and medium distinct and 45 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate very fine, and fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular and 21.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04746
    BT2—34 to 53 centimeters (13.4 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) coarse distinct mottles; moderate very fine, and fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04747
    BC—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) medium faint and 3 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) medium faint and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) medium faint mottles; weak fine platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) on faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04748
    C11—74 to 106 centimeters (29.1 to 41.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) medium distinct and 21 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coarse prominent mottles; weak fine platy structure; firm; 21.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; gray (10YR 6/1) on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04749
    C12—106 to 131 centimeters (41.7 to 51.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 81P04750. Split for sampling.
    C2—131 to 155 centimeters (51.6 to 61.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; strong very coarse platy structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P04751