IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Couchsachraga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NY031012
  • User Pedon ID: S1993NY031012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0304
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66482
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.0972214
  • Std. Longitude: -73.9788895
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Town of Keene, .47 mile south-southwest of true summit of Cliff Mountain, along Cliff Mountain ridge line, in saddle.
  • State: New York
  • County: NY031—Essex
  • MLRA: 143—Northeastern Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY031—Essex County, New York

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ed Stein, Matt Havens, and Steve Carlisle
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Couchsachraga
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed Lithic Humicryods
  • PSC - 33 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountainside
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 10.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/1993 (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

    spodic horizon

    33—46

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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

    20

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    1052

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    1270

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    0

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments.
    Oa—3 to 36 centimeters (1.2 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01884
    Bh1—36 to 44 centimeters (14.2 to 17.3 inches); black (N 2/0) mucky* silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01885
    Bh2—44 to 49 centimeters (17.3 to 19.3 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) mucky* silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01886
    R—49 to 74 centimeters (19.3 to 29.1 inches); fragments.