IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wotalf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995NY085030
  • User Pedon ID: S1995NY085030
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995NY085030
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0170
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68248
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 40.5731659
  • Std. Longitude: -74.1506958
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: TWE—Todthill-Wotalf complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very rocky
  • State: New York
  • County: NY085—Richmond
  • MLRA: 149B—Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NY085—Richmond County, New York
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40074-E2—Arthur Kill, New York

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 30
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wotalf (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arnot
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: melt-out till derived from serpentinite, red sedimentary rock, and/or basalt
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/7/1995 (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

    LONIC

    Lonicera

    honeysuckle

    —

    —

    —
    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    43 - 76

    - 33 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—20

    20—43

    43—

    —20—

    —23—

    —-
    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

    42

    —

    —

    21.6

    —

    190

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) highly organic loam; strong medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-38-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01373
    AB—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-38-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01374. 3% erratic- 2mm-3".
    Bw—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) extremely gravelly loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-38-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 96P01375. 3% erratic 2mm-3".
    2R—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); bedrock; fragments. With roots >10cm apart and very few roots below 30".