IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Penwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995NY085043
  • User Pedon ID: S1995NY085043
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995NY085043
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0178
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68256
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • 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: 40.5732231
  • Std. Longitude: -74.1543884
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Gravel pit
  • Map Unit: WiD—Windsor loamy sand, 15 to 25 percent slopes
  • State: New York
  • County: NY085—Richmond
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • 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: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 43
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Penwood
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/22/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Manchester
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash
  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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

    MOREL2

    POGR4

    QUPA2

    Morella

    Populus grandidentata

    Quercus palustris

    bayberry

    bigtooth aspen

    pin oak

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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

    18

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    34.8

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    240

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01423. High acid.
    Bw1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 44 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01424. High acid
    Bw2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) very gravelly coarse sandy loam; medium single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 36 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P01425. High acid
    Bw3—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; medium single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine roots; 19 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P01426. Some pebbles have a slightly loamier texture with some weak iron cementation possible. They have a weak structure of coarse subangular blocky. High acid.
    C—53 to 152 centimeters (20.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) gravelly coarse sand; medium single grain; loose; 23 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 96P01427. 40% mostly <34". Very high acid.