IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Couchsachraga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NY031005
  • User Pedon ID: S1993NY031005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0297
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66475
  • 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: 44.0402794
  • Std. Longitude: -73.9816666
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Newcomb. .85 mile west-southwest of Cheney Cobble, on east shoulder of northern most peak of North River Mountains.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY031—Essex
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY031—Essex County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Page and Victoria Smith
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Couchsachraga
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Lithic Humicryods
  • PSC - 33 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/1993 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    43—46

    46—58

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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

    40

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    1106

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    1397

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    0

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments.
    Oe—5 to 35 centimeters (2.0 to 13.8 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) Error; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01855
    Oa—35 to 48 centimeters (13.8 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01856
    E—48 to 51 centimeters (18.9 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 94P01857. No sample.
    Bh—51 to 63 centimeters (20.1 to 24.8 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) loamy sand; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01857
    R—63 to 88 centimeters (24.8 to 34.6 inches); fragments.