IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Skylight
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NY031004
  • User Pedon ID: S1993NY031004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993NY031004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0296
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66474
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 44.1222229
  • Std. Longitude: -73.9688873
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 1/2 mile up the Mt. Colden trail from Lake Colden.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY031—Essex
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY031—Essex County, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44073-A8—Mount Marcy, New York

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Skylight
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Lithic Humicryods
  • Classificaton Date - 11/11/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/11/1993 (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

    ABBA

    ACPE

    BEPO

    PIRU

    SORBU

    Abies balsamea

    Acer pensylvanicum

    Betula populifolia

    Picea rubens

    Sorbus

    balsam fir

    striped maple

    gray birch

    red spruce

    mountain ash

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    13—23

    23—38

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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

    35

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    1067

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    1397

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.
    Oa—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) Error; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01852. Combined thickness of the O horizon is 3 to 20 inches.
    E—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (5YR 4/1) loamy sand; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01853. 0 to 4 inches thick.
    Bh—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately smeary; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01854. 4 to 15 inches thick.
    R—38 centimeters (15.0 inches); fragments.