IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskellunge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NY089034
  • User Pedon ID: S1981NY089034
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981NY089034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0795
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50189
  • 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: 44.4816666
  • Std. Longitude: -75.7602768
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Hammond; Satellite pit to S-18-NY-089-4; 210 feet west of a point on Conger Road that is 65 feet SE along Conger Road from telephone pole #48. Pole #48 is 3100 feet SE along Conger Road from the junction of N.Y. Route 12.
  • 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, active, frigid Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 34
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskellunge
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kingsbury Sat.
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, illitic, frigid Aeric Ochraqualf
  • 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

    DAGL

    PHLEU

    TRIFO

    Dactylis glomerata

    Phleum

    Trifolium

    orchardgrass

    timothy

    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

    1

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    113

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    270

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    AP—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; strong fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04731
    BA—21 to 29 centimeters (8.3 to 11.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04732
    BT1—29 to 40 centimeters (11.4 to 15.7 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04733
    BT2—40 to 68 centimeters (15.7 to 26.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04734
    BC—68 to 88 centimeters (26.8 to 34.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 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 # 81P04735
    C—88 to 104 centimeters (34.6 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; massive; firm; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P04736